Alternate name(s):
Baltich; Baltech; Lukas; Lucas
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 30 May 1900
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Serbian
Profession:
shoemaker
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Doljne Seliste, Glina, Croatia
Date of immigration to Canada:
Tuesday, 17 April 1928
Thursday, 8 June 1933
Education:
4 years of school in Temisvar, Romania (then part of Hungary)
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935. Taught in the Communist Party of Canada school
Prior military experience:
Served in the Red Guards during the 1919 Hungarian Revolution and Yugoslav Army, 1931
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
13 September 1937
Unit:
Political commissar; Djuro Djakovic Battalion
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Died 6 December 1974
Sources:
Kraljic; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
