Alternate name(s):
Fivchuk; Fewchuk; Fliochuk; Fiuchuk; Fivchuk; Foucek; Yury
Date of birth:
Thursday, 1 October 1914
Marital status:
later married Mary
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
labourer; truck driver
Hometown(s):
Timmins, Ontario; Gondor, Manitoba; Kitsman, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-14
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2; Rank of Cabo, promoted 1938; Served at Teruel, Segura de los Baños, The Retreats and Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA 14 February 1938 at Segura de los Baños; WIA 6 September 1938 at Gandesa; Decorated for outstanding work; Fought during World War II with the Canadian Army; Joined Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (Toronto); Died 1 September 1979 while visiting Spain with a Veterans delegation, buried in Teruel
Other:
Two Lincolns wrote an account for the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade newspaper, The Volunteer, of the 1979 visit to Spain during which Fiwchuk died.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 548, ll. 38-43; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
