Alternate name(s):
Gougen; Gouguen; Emile
Nickname:
Frenchy
Date of birth:
Sunday, 7 January 1900
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Acadian
Profession:
construction worker; logger; telegrapher
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Cape Pele, New Brunswick
Education:
elementary school; primary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932; Applied to be a member of the Communist Party of Spain
Prior military experience:
Canadian Army during World War I, 66th and 57th Infantry Regiments
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-15
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Machine Gun Company from 5 June 1937; Later with the 35th Artillery Battery, 4th Group, Anti-tank/Anti-aircraft Battery (129th Brigade); Sergeant from 11 February 1938; Served at Brunete, Quinto, Teruel, Castellon and Levante
Final status:
WIA in left hip September 1937 at Quinto, hospitalized until 11 November 1937; WIA in same spot on 10 June 1938 while operating an anti-tank gun on the Castellon Front; Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Served with the Canadian Army during World War II; Died 27 July 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 82-86; RGASPI, Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 51 ll 134; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
