Alternate name(s):
Michal Hladki; Michael; Michal; Nicke; Hladkyj; Hladka
Date of birth:
Saturday, 1 February 1902
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario; Starzawa, Poland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 27 June 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-04
Unit:
13th Brigade, 49th Dombrowski Battalion; Taras Shevchenko Battalion, Company 1, rank Cabo; Served at Brunete, Zaragosa, Fuentes de Ebro, Terdienta, Extramadura, Belchite, Lerida, Fayon, Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA 29 August 1937, shrapnel in the legs from a hand grenade at Zaragosa, spent 5 days in a field hospital; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (Toronto)
Sources:
Figueres List 9, under Hladky, Nicke); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 552, ll. 38-43 (under Hladki and others); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
