Alternate name(s):
Michael; Michal; Mike; Kushni; Kushmi; Kuchmey; Kuczmy
Date of birth:
Friday, 12 September 1902
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
mechanic
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Vasylkivski, Poland
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1930
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-14
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Company 1; Transferred to Estado Mayor, Albacete due to illness; 1 Group of Heavy Artillery, Second Battery on the southern front; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Group Leader; Served at Jarama, Toledo, Extramadura
Final status:
Sick; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Did not desert, but was sent to disciplinary batallion
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 108, 127; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 112-114; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
