Lazar Jelic

Alternate name(s): 
Jelich; Jelec; Gelich; Lazare
Nickname: 
Louis
Date of birth: 
Sunday, 3 February 1901
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Croatian
Profession: 
miner
Hometown(s): 
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Port Arthur, Ontario; Bosnia Herzegovina
Date of immigration to Canada: 
Saturday, 4 June 1927
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada; Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Canadian Labour Defence League; Croatian Education Alliance
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-09-08
Unit: 
Served with the 15 Brigade, Military Police; Later to the Artillery, Anglo-American 4 Group, 35 Battery, later becoming the Anti Tank and Anti Aircraft Battery for the 129 Brigade; Served at Morella, Huelva and Levante
Final status: 

Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of the Bedford; Served with Special Operations Executive during World War II; Returned to Yugoslavia where he died in August 1981

Sources: 

RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 49; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1027, ll 79-81; Petrou; Ancestry; Our Boys in Spain; Hoff

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