Alternate name(s):
Ponchoff; Panchoff; Pentcho; Poncho
Date of Birth:
circa 1898
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Macedonian; Bulgarian
Profession:
chauffeur; worker
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Troja Plevne, Bulgaria
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1914
Political affiliation:
Likely joined the Communist Party of Canada, 1931
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-14 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1
Final status:
MIA 10 to 17 March 1938; WIA 16 August 1938 at Gandesa: hit in both legs; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association; Travelled to Bulgaria circa 1948
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 77-81; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 19 (ver ar gen can); Hoar has him as Panchoff and missing the in the Retreats; Momryk; Petrou
