Alternate name(s):
Herter
Date of birth:
Monday, 6 August 1900
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian; German
Profession:
waiter
Hometown(s):
Windsor, Ontario; Mezobereny, Hungary
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 15 May 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Prior military experience:
Hungarian Imperial Army, Transmissions; Red Army, rank Sergeant; total service of 5.5 years
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-01
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction at Tarragona; Instructor of Transmissions at Pozorubio; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, company 3 from 10 April 1938; 35th International Division, Special Machine Gun Battalion; Served during the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Served with Special Operations Executive's Hungarian Group during World War II; Returned to Hungary after the war
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 106-111; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
