Alternate name(s):
Straus; Stroub
György; Georg
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 26 February 1908
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
blacksmith
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Crowsnest Pass, Alberta; Totvarzsony, Hungary
Date of immigration to Canada:
Thursday, 5 April 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-24
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 13 Brigade, 51st Battalion; Infantry and Transmissions
Final status:
WIA in the right lef on 14 March at Lecera; Survived; Returned to Canada on 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Eventually returned to Hungary
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 570, ll. 98 (ver Hungarians); Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 343, ll. 32-37; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
