Alternate name(s):
Joe Jokvach; Yosip; Joseph; Joe; Jokvagh; Kovacich; Kovoicich
Date of Birth:
1909
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Croatian
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Hamilton, Ontario; Bjelovar, Croatia
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-26
Unit:
Dimitrov Battalion; Petko Miletic, Anti-tank battery
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 17 February 1939 on the Duchess of York; Visited Spain with the Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Delegation in September 1979; d. 24 July 1991
Sources:
Figueres List; NAC, M-P Collection, Dent, V. 3, F. 23, Subject Files, Kovacich, Joseph: League of Nations military Commission Document (photocopy), 1939; Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry;
