Alternate name(s):
Georges
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 24 November 1908
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
shoemaker; later a cook and deckhand
Hometown(s):
York, Toronto, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-10-00
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
POW 1 April 1938, taken to a manure-filled wine factory before imprisonment in San Pedro de Cardenas; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned 4 May 1938 on the Duchess of Bedford
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña.
