Alternate name(s):
Steve Gabriel; Havrylyk; Gabryluk; Stephen
Date of birth:
Sunday, 20 October 1895
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
Barber; farmer; bush worker
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Kudrynce, Poland or Zlene, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1919
Political affiliation:
No party affiliation
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-10-20
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 13th Brigade, Battalion 52, Company 1, Taras Shevchenko Battalion; 35th Division (Special Battalion) from 10 September 1938; Served at Extremadura, Caspe, Alcaniz, Lerida, and Ebro
Final status:
WIA in both legs in a counter attack at Lerida, likely on 3 April 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada on the Alien List of the Duchess of Richmond on 3 February 1939; Died 1960 in Ukraine
Other:
Brother of Danilo Gabrylyk
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1544, ll. 1-5, 53a (under Gabriel, Stefan); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 8 (fiche); Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
