Alternate name(s):
George; Jurko; Kovac; Kowacz
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 23 September 1903
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Slovakian
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Zabrod, Czechoslovakia
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1929
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-12
Unit:
Liebriecht Battery Artillery
Final status:
Survived; Refused readmission to Canada by Colonel O'Kelly; Sailed from Liverpool on 12 May 1939 on the Duchess of Atholl; Returned to Canada 20 May 1939
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 77; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
