Alternate name(s):
Zabkar
Zepkar
Jack Peterson
Peter
Zak
Date of Birth:
1897
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Croatian
Profession:
miner
Hometown(s):
Hamilton, Ontario; Port Arthur, Ontario; Marino Selo, Slovania
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1924
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, editor of Borba from 1932-33
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1936-10-00 via Soviet Union
Unit:
Dimitrov Battalion
Final status:
KIA 20 November 1938 at Casa del Campo or Jarama; Had been deported from Canada and went to Spain from USSR
Other:
Was arrested in 1933 and deported from Canada 29 December 1934
Sources:
List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (Jarama); Kraljic; Hoar says KIA Jarama, not correct; Momryk; Petrou (Appendix C Volunteers who emigrated from North American prior to the outbreak of the SCW)
