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| allegiance = {{Flag|Brazil|1889}}
| branch = {{army|Brazil}}
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| rank = [[File:Capitão.png|30px]] [[Captain]]
| unit = [[Coluna Prestes|Prestes Column]]
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[[File:Prestes1.jpg|thumb|A young Prestes in military uniform]]
Prestes was born in [[Porto Alegre]] in the southernmost state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]] on January 3, 1898. His father had been an officer in the army. With his family enduring financial difficulties after his father left them, Prestes enrolled in the [[Military School of Realengo]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] (where future fellow-tenentes [[Antônio de Siqueira Campos]] and [[Eduardo Gomes]] also attended) at the age of
Although he played a key part in the planning of the [[18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt|revolt of 1922]], Prestes actually missed out on the fateful "March of the 18," as he was in bed with typhoid fever when the revolt broke out. Since Prestes was not directly involved in the revolt, he escaped the prison sentences of some of his colleagues, but he was transferred to [[Rio Grande do Sul]].
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