Alternate name(s):
Ferrer; Mercelin; Marsolin; Boyouck
Date of birth:
Saturday, 23 March 1918
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Profession:
labourer; student
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario
Education:
High school education
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1937; Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-14 left
Arrived in February of April
Unit:
Offices in Albacete; Rosa Luxemburg 2nd Group Artillery, 45th Division, 7 Army Corps in Catalonia; Experienced a failure of nerves and was assigned to SIM in 45th Division to work behind the lines
Final status:
Survived, Returned to Canada 4 January 1938; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association; Died in hospital in August 1976
Other:
Twin brother to Ferrer Marcelin
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 548, ll. 23-29 (under Ferrer); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; family member – Helene Marcelin
