Alternate name(s):
Iaskiv
Jaskow
Jan
Ivan
Date of birth:
Saturday, 15 September 1906
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
painter
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Zyrawa, Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-24
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2; Rank Soldado; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Ebro Offensive
Final status:
Reported MIA 24 September 1938; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Other:
Spoke English, Polish, and Ukrainian
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 576; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry. (Not CP: fl 539 and 545 6 537)
