Josip Kovacic

Alternate name(s): 
Joe Jokvach; Yosip; Joseph; Joe; Jokvagh; Kovacich; Kovoicich
Date of Birth: 
1909
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Croatian
Profession: 
labourer
Hometown(s): 
Hamilton, Ontario; Bjelovar, Croatia
Political affiliation: 
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-08-26
Unit: 
Dimitrov Battalion; Petko Miletic, Anti-tank battery
Final status: 
Survived; Returned to Canada 17 February 1939 on the Duchess of York; Visited Spain with the Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Delegation in September 1979; d. 24 July 1991
Sources: 
Figueres List; NAC, M-P Collection, Dent, V. 3, F. 23, Subject Files, Kovacich, Joseph: League of Nations military Commission Document (photocopy), 1939; Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry;
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