Alternate name(s):
Matsuka; Matauka; Mateska; Matus; Gee; John
Date of birth:
Friday, 18 May 1894
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Slovakian
Profession:
blacksmith; iron worker
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Cacin, Czechoslovakia
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 9 May 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-21 arrived
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction in Tarazona; Armoury; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
WIA on 8 August 1938 at during attack on Gandesa: hit in right leg; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 105-110; Momryk; Petrou
