Alternate name(s):
Joseph; Josef; Krizsan; Krizsany
Date of birth:
Sunday, 16 November 1902
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
farmer and farm owner
Hometown(s):
Fort William, Ontario; Pshacien, Czechoslovakia
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party, but file notes he "should be recruited"
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-01
Unit:
Gottwald Artillery, 3 Division; 33 Brigade, Anti-tank unit, Sept 1938; Served at Madrid, Brunete, Belchite, Huesca, Quinto, Ebro, and Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA 14 September 1937; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 via the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 99-103; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
