Vaso Brisevac

Alternate name(s): 
Vincent; Brisevic; Bresevac; Brosjevac; Brishivich; Birsivak
Date of birth: 
Thursday, 15 August 1895
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Serbian
Profession: 
mechanic; lumberjack
Hometown(s): 
Port Arthur, Ontario; Donja, Velesnja, Croatia
Date of immigration to Canada: 
Thursday, 23 April 1925
Education: 
Elementary School
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Bush Workers' Union
Prior military experience: 
World War I, Austro-Hungarian Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-04-06
Unit: 
International Brigade Headquarters, quartermaster
Final status: 

Survived; Returned to Canada 23 September 1938 on the Duchess of Bedford; Later returned to Croatia; Died 1951 in Sisak, Croatia

Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543, ll. 123; Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
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