Alternate name(s):
Chagog
Nickname:
Bill
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 8 March 1916
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Russian; Ukrainian
Profession:
truck driver; salesman
Hometown(s):
Brockville, Ontario; Guelph, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League; Communist Party of Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-10 sailed
1937-03-22 arrived
Unit:
Washington Battalion, Company 2 from 22 March to 14 April 1937; Auto Park; Drove water trucks to the front with Ed Shirley from 14 April to to 20 July 1937; Usine Number 1 in Albacete; 15 Brigade Auto Park 28 November 1937 to October 1938; Served at Teruel, Segura de los Baños; The Retreats, Caspe, Gandesa, and the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
Cited for saving a water truck during the Retreats at Lecera; WIA July 1938 in an ariel bombardment, shrapnel in the head and left eye, in Hospital General Militar de Barcelona from 31 July to 29 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada from Liverpool on 27 January 1939 aboard the Duchess of Richmond; Died circa 1970 in Toronto, Ontario
Sources:
Second Photo: ALBA PHOTO 011; 11-0913; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 544, ll. 43-51; Easterbrook; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
