Mr Ćerim Balikić,1 26, a married labourer from Krupa, Bosnia (Austria Hungary), boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third-class passenger.
To reach his destination of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he bought his third-class ticket from the agent: Viktor Klaus-Wildi, Buchs for 293 Swiss francs (Ticket No. 349248, £7 17s 11d).
He travelled with three other Bosnians from the same area.
Balikić died in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified.
His father Mujo Boltić in Bosne-Krupe received £60 from the Titanic relief fund.
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking, a memorial to the four Bosnians that died in the sinking was erected in Bosanska Krupa.
Notes
- Some lists give his name as "Kerim Balkic", according the Austrian lists his name was Cerim Boltić.
- Hometown sometimes given as Batic, Bosnia.
References and Sources
Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]) Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
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