Alternate name(s):
William; Bill; Bazyli; Wasyl; Krys
Date of birth:
Sunday, 17 July 1904
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
coal miner; Canada National Railway employee
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Estevan, Saskatchewan; Kupchyntsiakh, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1930
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party, his file noted that he "should be recruited"
Prior military experience:
Polish Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-30
Unit:
13 Dombrowski Brigade, 52 Palafox Battalion, Taras Shevchenko Company, Political commissar
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of Windsor; Served with the Canadian Army during World War II; d. 1969
Sources:
Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
