Alternate name(s):
Charles; Medgyeski
Date of birth:
Thursday, 19 March 1896
Marital status:
married to Rose Bilicki in Hungary
remarried in 1942
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
mechanic; driver
Hometown(s):
Windsor, Ontario; Sevegelves, Hungary
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927
Political affiliation:
Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-09 left
1937-03-31 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 12 Transport Company; Auto Park; 12th Brigade
Final status:
Captured on 10 March 1937 at Belchite; POW at San Pedro de Cardeñas; Exchanged on 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to the United States in 1940 and listed as "stateless"; Returned to Canada on 11 January 1940
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 1; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
