Alternate name(s):
Kostur; Kostar
Date of Birth:
circa 1906
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ukrainian
Profession:
baker
Hometown(s):
Sunderland, Ontario; Port Arthur, Ontario; Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1923
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-20
Unit:
Lincoln Battalion, one of 40 Canadians transferred into the Lincolns on 5 June 1937
Final status:
POW and MIA 3 April 1938; Sick in hospital 28 November 1937; Fate uncertain
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 556, ll. 65 (ver ar gen can); List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (W. Kostur, MIA April 1938); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 51, ll. 134; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
