Alternate name(s):
Piotr
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 14 October 1902
Marital status:
Married to Anna in Ukraine and to Olga Dalmar in British Columbia
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
bush worker
Hometown(s):
Fort William, Ontario; Milniki-Mostyski, Ukraine
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 5 May 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-24
Unit:
Trained at Madrigueras one month;13 Brigade, Palafox Battalion, Company 4; Sanidad in the Intendencia; Cabo as of 20 September 1937; Served at Madrigueras, Estramadura, Quinto, Belchite, and Ebro
Final status:
WIA 29 March 1938 while in a truck that was hit by a train; Hospitalized until 18 May 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Other:
Karpuk appears to have travelled to Spain on a Greek passport
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 47, ll. 20, Letter from Helge Meyer to Kerr, July 27, 1937 listing Canadians in the Palafox BN and the 6th Anti-Tank Battery; Opis 6, Delo 555, ll. 29-32; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
