Hamid Idris Awate

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Hamid Idris Awate
Born	10 April 1910 Gerset, Italian Eritrea
Died	28 May 1962(1962-05-28) (aged 52) Haykota, Eritrea Province, Ethiopian Empire
Allegiance	Italy (1935–1943) ELF (1960–1962)
Years of service	1935–1962
Battles/wars	Second Italo-Ethiopian War Second World War East African Campaign Battle of Keren Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia Eritrean War of Independence Battle of Adal
Children	Kerrar Hamid Awate (son)

Hamid Idris Awate (Tigrinya: ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ; 10 April 1910 – 28 May 1962) was an Eritrean revolutionary and prominent guerrilla commander, and a symbol of the Eritrean War of Independence and independence struggle.