Alternate name(s):
Baden
Beydon
Baiden
Baydon
Nickname:
Jim
Date of birth:
Monday, 5 August 1895
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
farmer; ditch digger
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ashford, England
Education:
Elementary education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Prior military experience:
4 years in Canadian Army, Corporal
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-06
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Co. 3, Section 2, Section Leader; Sergeant; in the lines at Jarama April 13- May 10, 1937 evacuated due to stomach ulcers; Two months in Hospitals Benicasim, Murcia, and Albacete; at Fuentes de Ebro was evacuated October 18, 1937 due to reoccurrence of stomach ailment, sent to a series of Hospitals: Reus, Cambrils, Benicasim and Murcia; Rank Sargento; Requested repatriation; Erroneously reported KIA July 19, 1938
Final status:
WIA; Reported KIA but survived; Hospitalized with stomach ailments repeatedly; Scheduled for repatration; Returned August 1938
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 26; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 542 (under Baiden, Beyden and Bayden); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
