Nickname:
Pop; Tom
Date of birth:
Monday, 12 October 1885
Marital status:
married
Children:
6
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
auto worker; electrician
Hometown(s):
Windsor, Ontario; Belfast, Ireland
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-14 sailed
1937-05-28 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Censor: mail service; Served at Jarama and Brunete; Lost behind enemy lines at Brunete for three days
Final status:
WIA, possibly 6 September 1937; Hospitalized; Sent home; Survived; Returned to Toronto 6 September 1938
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 4-10; Hoar; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
