George Straub

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
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