Alternate name(s):
Ervin; James; Iver; Lassen
Nickname:
Tiny
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 1 October 1907
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Danish
Profession:
miner
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Boel, Denmark
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1926
Education:
One year of high school in Denmark
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
Survived the sinking of the City of Barcelona/Ciudad de Barcelona; Arrived in Spain June 2, 1937
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; cited for bravery during Fuentes de Ebro.
Final status:
Cited for bravery at Fuentes; KIA August 18, 1938, Pandols, Ebro Offensive; committed suicide after loss of both legs in an artillery barrage.
Sources:
Hoar; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Hansen, S. Manøe. "An Emigrant Destiny." Trans. Birgit Langhammer. Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol XIX, no. 1 (1987): published his letters to Denmark from Canada
