Alternate name(s):
Jaworski
Yaworsky
Yawasky
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 7 November 1916
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-03
Unit:
Trained at Madrigueras; Dimitrov Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion: 13 May 1937; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Observer; Machine Gun Company
Final status:
WIA 1 June 1937 at Jarama (hit in both legs when bullets hit the shield of his machine gun and ricocheted off) and 3 February 1938 at Teruel; Broke foot at Gandesa; Sick 9 February 1938; Survived; Returned 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Jailed for 14 days for "taking 6 days without permission"; Sent to Castillo de Fels
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 576, ll 18-27; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
