Alternate name(s):
Stefamuk; Stefanyshyn
Mike; Michael; Nick, Saul
Date of Birth:
11 Jan or 1 Nov 1897
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
miner; lumber worker
Hometown(s):
Drumheller, Alberta; Jezupol, Poland
Education:
public school, finished; studied music at Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association in Winnipeg, 7 months
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1925
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-02-15
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2
Final status:
WIA 27 July 1938 at Gandesa: hit in the jaw by a bullet resulting in a fractured jaw-bone and the bullet passed through his tongue; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 570, ll.63-69; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 738, ll. 13-19; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
