Alternate name(s):
Framberg; Fromberg
P. Ellis
Date of birth:
Sunday, 8 May 1904
Marital status:
later married Thyra Svennson
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Swedish
Profession:
logger; telegrapher
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Gällivare, Norrbotten, Sweden
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 10 March 1930
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1930
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1 Jun 1937, aboard the City of Barcelona/Ciudad de Barcelona
Unit:
Transmissions; anti-tank battery; Served at Brunete, Aragon, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel; Rank Teniente; Proposed for "special work" in SIM
Final status:
Reported MIA 4 April 1938; Deserted and returned to Sweden; Survived; Died in March 1978
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted and returned to Sweden
Other:
Spoke English, Swedish and some Spanish
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 548, ll. 105-106 (under Fromberg); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
