Alternate name(s):
Bereshka; Berezka; Bereska; Beresca
Date of birth:
Sunday, 8 November 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
miner
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Sudbury, Ontario; Bucovina, Romania; Luzhany, Ukraine
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 12 May 1930
Political affiliation:
No party affiliation
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-09 arrived
Unit:
Dimitrov Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Aragon; Cook
Final status:
WIA at Villanueva de la Cañada in the left foot, on 24 July 1937; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (1977)
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 678, ll. 53-59; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
