Alternate name(s):
Hoskooley; Hoschooley; Hoshooly
Nickname:
Jack
Date of Birth:
13 April 1912 or 1914
Marital status:
married to Eleanor Hasler of Guelph
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Ukrainian
Profession:
textile worker
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Guelph, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party prior to Spain; Communist Party of Spain, October 1938; Communist Party: cadre
Prior military experience:
no prior military experience
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-21 via the Pyrenees
Unit:
Trained in Tarazona from 1 April 1937 to 20 May 1937; Officers' Training School from 20 May to 1 July 1937; George Washington Battalion, first-aid attendant; Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Machine Gun Company; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Sergeant; Served on the staff at Tarazona from 20 October 1937 to 20 January 1938; Served at Brunete, Quinto, Belchite, Batea, Gandesa and Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA 4 September 1937 at Belchite in the arm, hospitalized at Benicasim from 6 September to 12 October 1937; WIA again 28 July 1938 during the Ebro Offensive in the arm and back, hospitalized from 29 July to 25 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada sailing from Liverpool on 27 January 1939 aboard Duchess of Richmond; Served WWII in the 29th Field Battery, 11th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artilley; Participated in the invasion of Italy; Attended a reunion of the International Brigades in October 1943 in London; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (1977); Died 1979 in Guelph, Ontario
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 552, ll. 65-75; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Hoshooley, John, 8 pages, June 3, 1939; Easterbrook; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
