Alternate name(s):
Marcov; George
Date of birth:
Friday, 25 January 1907
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Bulgarian
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Strakleve, Bulgaria
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-14 arrived
Unit:
Balkan Unit Artillery; Albacete Garage
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada on 23 February 1939 on the Duchess of York; Involved with MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto); Died in 1998
Other:
Requested repatriation in January 1938 because his Bulgarian passport was expiring on March 10 and he did not want to be barred from Canada; Visited Spain with Veterans Delegation in September 1979
Sources:
RGASPI F. 545, Opis 6, Delo 317, ll. 74 (letter requesting Repatriation); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
