Alternate name(s):
Henry; Meyers
Date of Birth:
2 Sep 1896 or 9 Feb 1896
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish; Danish
Profession:
sign painter; first-aid attendant
Hometown(s):
Kirkland Lake, Ontario; Timmins, Ontario; Vancouver, British Columbia; Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of immigration to Canada:
Wednesday, 9 June 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-20 arrived
Unit:
Garde Nacional: Medical Unit; 13th Brigade, 4th Battalion (Palafox); Dombrowski Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion; Clerical work, including payroll; Sergeant; In charge of party work in Battalion; Corporal
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada on 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Other:
Involved in MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto); Visited with Spain with the Veterans Delegation in September 1979
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 25-35; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 47, ll. 20, Letter from Helge Meyer to Kerr, July 27, 1937 listing Canadians in the Palafox BN and the 6th Anti-Tank Battery; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
