Mykhailo Stepanyshyn

Alternate name(s): 
Stefamuk; Stefanyshyn
Mike; Michael; Nick, Saul
Date of Birth: 
11 Jan or 1 Nov 1897
Marital status: 
single
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Ukrainian
Profession: 
miner; lumber worker
Hometown(s): 
Drumheller, Alberta; Jezupol, Poland
Education: 
public school, finished; studied music at Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association in Winnipeg, 7 months
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1925
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
United Mine Workers of America; Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association; Involved in various mining unions; Involved in strikes and demonstrations
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1938-02-15
Unit: 
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2
Final status: 

WIA 27 July 1938 at Gandesa: hit in the jaw by a bullet resulting in a fractured jaw-bone and the bullet passed through his tongue; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond

Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 570, ll.63-69; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 738, ll. 13-19; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
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