Alternate name(s):
Johanson
Nickname:
Johnny
Date of birth:
Saturday, 29 July 1911
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
logger
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Vancouver, British Columbia
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-27
Unit:
Tarazona Service Sanitaire from October 1937 to 6 April 1938; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3 from 21 June 1938 to 16 August 1938; Transferred to 35 Division Zapadores from 17 August 1938 to 2 October 1938; Stationed in Badalona
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association in 1970; Visited Spain with the Veterans delegation in September 1979
Other:
A mistaken report in his file from the Albacete Base reports that a John Johnson was killed on 17 March 1937; Johnson appears in the National Film Board Production Los Canadienses
Sources:
Image MSC160-209_05 courtesy of the Pacific Tribune Photograph Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 453, ll. 42- “Canad-Amer. Arrivan, 27/9/37”; Delo 554, ll. 35-40, 42-44; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
