Alternate name(s):
Kressman
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 24 February 1904
Marital status:
single, later married Eva Doyle
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; English
Profession:
farm worker; sawmill worker; logger; cowboy
Hometown(s):
Nanaimo, British Columbia; Regina, Saskatchewan; Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-15 via the Pyrenees
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1, later Machine Gun Company; Served at Teruel and Segura de los Baños
Final status:
WIA in left leg on 15 February 1938 at Segura de los Baños; Hospitalized at Callado de Maravella, Taragona, Valls, Villafranco, Mataro and Santa Coloma from 17 February to 4 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association; Died 27 May 1979 in Nanaimo, British Columbia
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 82-91; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
