Alternate name(s):
Walter Kalapud; Kalapaca; Kalapaka; Kalapaa; Kalapaga
Date of birth:
Saturday, 3 July 1909
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
Miner
Hometown(s):
Rainy River, Ontario; Sudbury, Ontario; Skala, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1924
Political affiliation:
May have joined the Communist Party, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-01
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Soldato; Served in the Retreats
Final status:
Reported MIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Fought during World War II with the Canadian Army; Died 14 February 1982
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of desertion, 16 April 1938; Communist Party of Spain records say he refused to go to the front
Other:
Kalapatsa mostly went by Kalapaca in Canada.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 555, ll. 8-11; Hoar (as Kalapud); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
