Filip Konowal
Ukrainian Canadian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filip Konowal VC (Ukrainian: Пили́п Миронович Конова́л; Pylyp Myronovych Konoval; 25 March 1887[1] – 3 June 1959) was a highly decorated Ukrainian Canadian soldier. He is the first Canadian Corps member not born in the British Empire (and the only Ukrainian[3]) to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces.[4] He was also entitled to the Cross of St George, 4th Class.
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Filip Konowal | |
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Born | 25 March 1887[1] Kutkivtsi, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
Died | 3 June 1959 (aged 72) Hull, Quebec |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Canada |
Years of service | 1909–1913 (Russia) 1915 – 1919 (Canada) |
Rank | Sergeant |
Unit | 77th Canadian Infantry Battalion 47th (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry 1st Canadian Reserve Battalion Canadian Forestry Corps Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force Governor General's Foot Guards |
Battles/wars | World War I *Battle of Hill 70 Russian Civil War *Siberian Intervention |
Awards | Victoria Cross Cross of St George, 4th Class |
Other work | special custodian in the Office of the Prime Minister[2] |
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He is the patron of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 360 (Konowal Branch) in Toronto.