Alternate name(s):
Tom; Boyak; Bojuk; Bajak
Date of birth:
Friday, 27 September 1918
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Ukrainian
Profession:
driver
Hometown(s):
Copper Cliff, Ontario; Sudbury, Ontario
Education:
elementary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada; Young Communist League
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-22 via Espolla
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2, company commander; Officers' Training School, light machine gun instructor; Lieutenant; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Caspe and Gandesa
Final status:
Hospitalized after held in prison; Had contact with or custody of 45th division; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto); Died 1999
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of deserting April 1938 and detained on the docks at Barcelona before being sent to Castillo de Fels, then the 6 Battalion of Fortifications; August 1938 deserted from the fortification battalion with John Kahler but detained at border
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Fond 543, ll. 91-103; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Boyak, B., 1 page, no date; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
