Filip Konowal
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 65 years ago |
Date of birth | March 25,1887 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Kutkivtsi |
Ukraine | |
Date of died | June 3,1959 |
Died | Hull |
Gatineau | |
Canada | |
Years of service | Russia |
Canada | |
Battles and wars | World War I |
Russian Civil War | |
Awards | Victoria Cross |
Place of burial | Notre-Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada |
Year of servic | Russia |
Canada | |
Battleswar | World War I |
Russian Civil War | |
Other work | Office of the Prime Minister |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1086053 |
Filip Konowal Life story
Filip Konowal VC was a highly decorated Ukrainian Canadian soldier. He is the first Canadian Corps member not born in the British Empire to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces.