Alternate name(s):
Richard
Nickname:
Squeeky
Date of birth:
Friday, 3 May 1912
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
machinist
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia; Still Hall, Belfast, Ireland
Education:
Education through grade 7
Political affiliation:
Anti-fascist
Prior military experience:
Canadian Militia, Winnipeg Rifles, 2 years; United States Coast Guard, 6 months
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-02
Unit:
Trained with Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2, Observer; Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Final status:
WIA in right shoulder, shrapnel in right thigh and lost left thumb; Hospitalized; Survived; Scheduled for repatration; Returned to Canada 21 July 1938; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (West)
Other:
A quote from S.K. Brown appears in the pamphlet They Defend World Democracy.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 49; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543, ll. 137 (fiche); Wounded “Winnipeg Volunteer Returns From War in Spain,” Winnipeg Free Press, July 30, 1938; McLoughlin; Petrou; Hoff
