Alternate name(s):
Waywood
Nickname:
Wally
Date of birth:
Friday, 22 July 1910
Marital status:
later married to Betty
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Russian
Profession:
worker; grainliner; longshoreman
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia; Burnaby, British Columbia; Minsk, Belarus
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-17
Unit:
Guard at Cuartel Central and Villa Paz; Washington Battalion; Served at Jarama, and Brunete
Final status:
WIA at Brunete; Hospitalized; MIA 16 June 1938; Survived; Returned 22 May 1938; Served during World War III with the Canadian Army; Visited Spain with Veterans Delegation September 1979; Died in 1987
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Imprisoned 2 January 1938 at Albacete for lack of discipline; Deserted to Paris, April 1938
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 42 (under Waywood); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 64 “List of Canadian Deserters Who Landed in Paris, List of American Deserters Who Landed in Paris” undated; Momryk; Petrou
