Alternate name(s):
Frederick Jr.; Alfred; Fred; Kostick; Kostyck; Kostyr; Fedir
Date of birth:
Friday, 17 March 1916
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Ukrainian
Profession:
auto mechanic; factory worker; welder
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; East Selkirk, Manitoba
Education:
junior high, grade 8
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-03 over the Pyrenees
Unit:
Trained with the Mackenzie-Papineau BN, Co. 3, Section 3, group leader; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; 13 Brigade, 52 Battalion Palafox, Taras Shevchenko Company; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Sergeant; Served at Quinto, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Huesca, Azura, Caspe, and Gandesa
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Awarded a pen by 15 Brigade commander Vladimir Copic for valour at Quinto and Belchite; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford out of Greenock, Scotland, one of seven men to join the ship in Greenock, alongside Ross, Roden, McLeod, Kostyk, Crossley, Chambers, and Fenton; Served with the Canadian Army during World War II
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 510. ll. 67; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 66-69; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
