Alternate name(s):
Bill Hallowell; Halawell; Hiliwell; Hollowell; John
Date of Birth:
circa 1894
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Hometown(s):
Edmonton, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia; Preston, United Kingdom
Date of Immigration to Canada:
July 26, 1929
Political affiliation:
Anti-fascist; No party
Prior military experience:
British Army during World War I, 6 years
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-01
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Adjutant Commander at Brunete; Transferred to Washington Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Instructor, Rank Teniente; News report refers to him as company commander in the "Spanish Lincoln Battalion"; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Belchite, Quinto and Gandesa
Final status:
WIA 8 or 10 July 1937 in the buttocks at Brunete; WIA 24 August 1937 in the left side at Belchite; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 September 1938 on the Duchess of Bedford
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 35, 45; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
