Alternate name(s):
Berur
Bertsz
Berthus
Pal
Paus
Date of birth:
Sunday, 10 June 1900
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Hungarian
Profession:
laborer in tobacco fields
Hometown(s):
Hamilton, Ontario; Kerekegyhaza, Hungary
Date of immigration to Canada:
Wednesday, 11 April 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1929
Prior military experience:
World War I
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-12
Unit:
13th Brigade, 51st Battalion
Final status:
WIA in left shoulder and concussion in right ear, in hospital in Madrid, Valls, and Tarragona; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939; Returned to Hungary
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 339 ll. 28-30; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry
