Nickname:
Archie; Arch
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 19 January 1898
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
miner
Hometown(s):
Cumberland, British Columbia; Kirkhill, Scotland
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-19 via Massanet
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada October 1938; Died 14 October 1967
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of deserting 2 October 1938; Arrested aboard the SS Mortlake while on leave
Other:
Archibald and his brother Gordon Keenan, both Mac Paps, have been commemorated with a plaque at the family cemetery plot in Cumberland, British Columbia
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 555, ll. 38-39; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Findagrave; Hoff
