Alternate name(s):
Jack Taylor; Erlich
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 21 March 1906
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
journalist; Communist Party of Canada functionary
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Education:
primary school
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1924; Communist Party of Canada, 1928
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-12-00
Unit:
Friends of the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion: Liaison in Spain; Daily Clarion correspondent; Communist Party functionary in Spain and Paris
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 22 July 1938; Interned during World War II; Served in the Canadian army during World War II; KIA in Normandy 20 August 1944; Buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 573, ll. 1-2, 150 (under Taylor); Momryk; Petrou; Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (CJHN); Hoff
