Date of birth:
Wednesday, 16 September 1914
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
miner; relief camp cook; fish packer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Washington, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-13
Unit:
Trained at the Camp of Instruction for two months, then hospitalized with stomach ulcers in Murcia on 11 November 1937; 15 Brigade, Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted on 12 April 1938, stated he lost contact and went to barcelona where he was diagnosed with ulcers and judged fit to drive a truck; Detained in Figueres on 10 April 1938
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 554, ll. 26-28; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
