Alternate name(s):
Mergas
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 14 August 1912
Marital status:
Married to Rose May Merges
divorced
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
labourer; seaman
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Oroshaza, Hungary
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 10 July 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Moved to the United States in 1940
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 22-24; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
