Date of birth:
Sunday, 29 March 1908
Marital status:
married Anne Lomas in 1943
Profession:
spray painter at auto shop; driver; diamond driller
Hometown(s):
Weston, Ontario; Courtright, Lampton, Ontario; Kimberly, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia
Education:
high school; "ordinary"
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1930
Prior military experience:
5 years in Canadian militia, Instructor in machine guns and small arms
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-30 arrived
Unit:
Transport; Regiment de Tren; Became seriously ill due to blood poisoning
Final status:
Sick; Survived; Returned to Canada 7 October 1938 on the Duchess of Atholl; Died in 1967
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 565, ll. 59-61; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives
