Alternate name(s):
Kozlov; Kozel; Kozeow
Nickname:
Nick;
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 23 December 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Belarusian
Profession:
Iron worker
Hometown(s):
Fort William, Ontario; Poroslianaïa, Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Education:
Primary school education, 2 years
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada 1930
Prior military experience:
Polish Army, 1924-5, 2nd regiment artillery
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-21 - sailed
1937-03-01 - arrived
Unit:
Served with the 15 Brigade, Dimitrov Battalion, Company 1, Section 2, Political Delegate; 45 Division Artillery, Group Rosa Luxembourg, 37 Battery; 13 Brigade, Jozka Majka Artillery Battalion; Attended political commissar's course; Served at Jarama and Brunete
Final status:
WIA at Brunete by shrapnel; Survived
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1547, ll. 79-81; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
