Alternate name(s):
Vasilii; Ivanovich; Vassil; William; Gliva; Hliva; Hulva; Hylva
Date of birth:
Saturday, 12 April 1902
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Belarusian
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Pankac, Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Prior military experience:
He was 'adopted' by a Russian cavalryman during World War I, who gave him a horse and taught him to ride it.
Unit:
13th Brigade, Dombrowski Battalion, Cavalry
Final status:
Sick; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York; Mackenzie-Papineau Veterans Association
Sources:
NAC, M-P Collection, Dent, V. 3, F. 9, Subject Files, Hliva, Vasil: Reminiscences of SCW, 1980; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
