Alternate name(s):
Gruich; Grujic; Grubjic; Gruic; Gruyich; Stanko; Stanley; Branko; Bronte;
Date of birth:
Thursday, 15 September 1904
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Serbian; Croatian
Profession:
Labourer
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Windsor, Ontario; Romania
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927 or 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-15
Unit:
Petko Miletic Anti-tank battery
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York; Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II; Served with Special Operations Executive with partisans during World War II; Moved to Detroit after the war; Died 30 April 1956
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 47, ll. 20, Letter from Helge Meyer to Kerr, July 27, 1937; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 550, ll. 54; Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
