Alternate name(s):
Edouard
Date of birth:
Saturday, 13 May 1899
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Swiss
Profession:
blacksmith
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Switzerland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1922
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1929
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-08
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 4 (Machine Gun Company); artillery (D.E.C.A.)?
Final status:
WIA on 1 March 1938 at Caspe; Hospitalized for 24 days; Survived; Returned to Canada on 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 58-62; Momryk; Petrou
