Alternate name(s):
Nick Prokopiuk
Procopetz; Prokopuik; Prokopink
Date of birth:
Monday, 15 November 1897
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Hometown(s):
Young, Saskatchewan; Toronto, Ontario; Waliava, Romania
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-24 sailed
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
POW 10 March 1938 and held at San Pedro de CardeƱas; Exchanged on 5 Aprul 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 564, ll. 55 (ver ar gen ingles); Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry