Alternate name(s):
Granger
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 21 February 1906
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
driver; clerk; car salesman; journalist
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Fort William, Ontario
Education:
possibly university; writing is unclear
Political affiliation:
Likely joined the Communist Party of Canada, 1936, Winnipeg, Cell 3; Known to wear a Federación Anarquista Ibérica pin in Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-27
Unit:
International Brigade Transport at Murcia; Albacete Auto Park; Regiment de Tren; Ambulance driver
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 1939
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Received one satisfactory review and a second that named him as a Trotskyite; Suspected as a "disrupter," and as a member of the clique that included Bigwood and Heaney by Canadian party representative Helge Meyer and Canadian commanding officer Edward Cecil-Smith
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 550, ll. 5-13; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
