Alternate name(s):
Obien; O’Beirne
Date of birth:
Monday, 1 June 1914
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
printer
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec
Political affiliation:
Party affiliation unclear; Likely joined the Young Communist League in 1935 and/or the Communist Party in 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-13
Unit:
Trained with 2 Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Tarazona
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada February 3, 1939, on the Duchess of Richmond; Served in WWII with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve on antisubmarine
duty
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 562; ll. 1-2 (Fiches); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 453, ll. 42- “Canad-Amer. Arrivan, 27/9/37”; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
