Alternate name(s):
Genei; Janei; Yaney; Jonci; Jency; Jenel; Gabriel; Gregor Jenssie
Nickname:
Gabor
Date of Birth:
circa 1901
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
blacksmith
Hometown(s):
Timmins, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-25
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, one of 40 Canadians transferred to the Lincolns on 5 June 1937; Stationed in Badalona
Final status:
KIA between 17 and 23 July 1937 at Guadarrama River, Brunete, likely by machine gun fire.
Sources:
List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 554, ll. 23 (Fiche under Jenei, Gabor); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 51 ll 134; Americans and Canadians Killed in Spain Complete list to Nov. 15, 1937 – lists Jenei, Gabor CAN CP July 20, 1937, Brunete; NAC, M-P Collection, Hoar, V. 1, F. 10 Death and Disappearance Certificates, under Jeney, Cabor (7/20/37); Hoar, p99 says he died on the 17th; Momryk (under Jenel); Petrou; Hoff; The Book of the XV Brigade
