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
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
