Alternate name(s):
Turkovski
Turkowski
Turkoski
Nickname:
Bazyli
Bill
William
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 14 January 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
longshoreman; waiter
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Tylawa, Poland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 5 August 1929
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05 on Ciudad de Barcelona
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 1
Final status:
WIA at Seguras de los Banos; Sick 20 March 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association; Eventually returned to the USSR
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 58; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 572, ll. 74 (ver Polacos); Hoar; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
