Alternate name(s):
Joseph Hector Paul Roland Dufour
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 4 September 1918
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Profession:
steelworker
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-12 via Massanet
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
POW 3 April 1938; San Pedro de Cardeña Prison Camp; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña. The testimony is in French, but an English translation can be accessed via the "text" button in the top right corner of the viewer.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 546, ll. 98, 99 Characterizations of Returned Men from Franco’s Prisons Number Two; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (Captured April 1938); Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
