Alternate name(s):
Jack; Bock; Blok; Brock
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 11 March 1908
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Polish
Profession:
linotype operator; chauffeur
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario
Education:
Elementary
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935; May have joined the Communist Party of Spain in 1938
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-03 sailed
1937-06-23 arrived via Espolla
Unit:
15 Brigade Auto Park; 15 Brigade Ambulance driver; Drove a water trick for the 3 Division during the Ebro Campaign; Rank Soldato; Served at Brunete, Quinto, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Aragon, and the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Other:
Block's file notes that he spoke English, Polish, and Russian
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI 545/6/543/ll. 32-40; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
