Alternate name(s):
Gowrycki; Gavrizky; Gawricki; Gawricky; Havrytsky; Volodymyr
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 3 July 1907
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Belarusian
Profession:
lumber worker
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Sherashova, Belarus or Szeresznow, Poland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 28 May 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1936-12-31 or 1937-12-31 left
1938-01-23
Unit:
Trained in Tarazona; 15th Brigade Anti-Tanks, arrived at front 14 March 1938; Transferred after Batea to Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3; Served in The Retreats and the Ebro Offensive; Corporal from April 1938; Sergeant
Final status:
WIA in the right leg on the second day of Ebro offensive; Survived; Returned to Canada on 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died 24 April 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1544, ll. 6-10 (see Polish); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 35; Hoar p. 190; Liversedge; BC Archives; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
