Date of birth:
Friday, 23 April 1915
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Hometown(s):
Quebec City, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, assistant organizer
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-24
Unit:
Regiment de Tren, Transport, driver; Resupplied the 15 Brigade Special Machine Gun Battalion at Teruel with British volunteer Jack Edwards
Final status:
Survived; Returned 21 October 1938 on the Empress of Britain; Had asked for repatriation in January 1938, likely because of a heart valve problem
Other:
An account in Spanish and English of the supply of Teruel is available from British volunteer Jack Edwards on the Imperial War Museum website. Edwards mentions Drolet ~11:30.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 546, ll. 82-84; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry. Winnipeg Tribune, October 21, 1938, p 13; Hoff
