Vasyl Patryluk | Canadian Cultural History About The Spanish Civil War

Alternate name(s):

William; Bill

Date of birth:

Saturday, 23 May 1908

Marital status:

single

Ethnicity/Nationality:

Ukrainian

Profession:

miner; farmer

Hometown(s):

Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ilawcze, Poland

Date of immigration to Canada:

Friday, 5 August 1921

Education:

grade 3

Political affiliation:

Likely joined the Communist Party of Canada, 1935

Affiliations to union and social groups:

Likely a member of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers; Worked in farmers and workers co-operative association

Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:

Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.

Approximate date arrived in Spain:

1937-05-05

Unit:

Washington Battalion, Company 4; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 1; Medical Unit; Corporal; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Central Front, Teruel, Segura de los Baños, and Ebro Offensive

Final status:

Hospitalized for illness; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association; Visited Spain with the Veterans' Delegation in September 1979; Died in April 1982.

Sources:

RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 61-67 (also says see Polish); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 63; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Rosanne Patryluk