Alternate name(s):
Sheweluk, Sheveliuk, Szeweluk, Shewchuk
Aleksy, Alex
Olexander
Date of birth:
Saturday, 8 February 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
box maker; printer; carpenter
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Iwaczow-Dolny, Poland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 30 June 1930
Education:
public school, 4 years
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, August 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-02
Unit:
Trained in the 2nd Battalion of Instruction at Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 1: Sergeant and Platoon leader; Served at Fuentes de Ebro and Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA "going over the top" on 13 October 1937 at Fuentes de Ebro: hit in the ribs, the bullet glanced off the bone and exited through the hip; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 39-42; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 34; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
