Alternate name(s):
Danson
Nickname:
Jack
Date of Birth:
1914
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
truck driver; unemployed; farm worker; later a minister
Hometown(s):
Calgary, Alberta; Travers, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Chatham, Kent, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Thursday, 1 August 1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-03-03 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion from 28 March 1938
Final status:
WIA in March 1938 in the calf, upper torso, and face; POW 1 April 1938 at Valdemoceda Prison; Imprisoned three weeks at Ondarreta and transferred to Burgos; Survived; Returned to Canada 13 May 1939 aboard the Duchess of York; Mac-Pap Veterans Association (Toronto); Died 1982 in Semans, Saskatchewan
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 548, ll. 36; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Firmin, John Charles, 17 pages, no date; Geiser (pp. 236-240); Hoar, p199-200; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
