Alternate name(s):
Spivak
Fedor; Fred
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 14 March 1899
Marital status:
married
Children:
1
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian; Russian
Profession:
mechanic
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Windsor, Ontario; Kniaze, Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, 1922
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-15
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Artillery
Final status:
Scheduled for early repatration; Survived; Returned to Canada 20 December 1938 on the Montrose; Interned 1941; Travelled to the USSR in 1960; Applied to return to Canada 1962; Was still in the USSR in 1981
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 570, ll. 15; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry