Matija Bolf

Matija Bolf
Alternate name(s): 
Motif Bolf; Balf
Date of birth: 
Friday, 13 April 1900
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Croatian
Profession: 
miner
Hometown(s): 
Toronto, Ontario; Delnice, Croatia
Date of immigration to Canada: 
Friday, 1 May 1925
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-02-07 sailed
1937-02-24 arrived
Unit: 
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Artillery for three months on southern front; Transferred to Guards Company, Albacete due to illness; Later with Services bureau at Casa Ibanez
Final status: 
Sick; Marked for repatriation to Canada in 1938, as his passport was soon to expire; Survived; Stowed away to Canada in October 1939; Deported to France; Died in Yugoslavia 14 November 1978
Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Fond 543, ll. 65; Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
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