Alternate name(s):
Prosyk; Mitchel; Michel
Date of birth:
Sunday, 16 August 1908
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
carpenter; electrician
Hometown(s):
Calgary, Alberta; Wyzow, Poland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 4 August 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-01-29 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Rank Soldado then Cabo; Machine gun instructor
Final status:
WIA on 30 July 1938 when he was shot in the right hand by an enemy patrol; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 564, ll. 52-54; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 761, ll. 30-35; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry
