Alternate name(s):
Stepan; Harrast; Harriot; Harostiuk; Domydovych
Date of birth:
Thursday, 26 November 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Val d'Or, Quebec; Grodno, Ukraine
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-22
Unit:
13 Brigade, Medical Unit
Final status:
Captured and held at San Pedro de Cardenas; POW; Exchanged April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Mac Pap Veterans Association; Died 1981.
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña. The testimony is in Russian, but an English translation is accessible via the "text" button in the top right of the viewer.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 67; Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; POW Letters Thomas Fisher Library; Hoff
