Alternate name(s):
Bigelow
Biegelow
Diglow
Ernie
Date of birth:
Monday, 25 April 1904
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
electrician
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Nairn Centre, Ontario
Education:
primary school education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-01-23
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Transmissiones; Later with Pozo Rubio Transmissiones School until it closed on April 3, 1938; WIA; Rank Soldado
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto)
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI 545/6/543/ll. 3a-7; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
