Alternate name(s):
Jack Locke
Date of Birth:
circa 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
German
Profession:
woodworker
Hometown(s):
Waterloo, Ontario; Guelph, Ontario; Kitchener, Ontario; Barden, Germany
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-00
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Washington Battalion; Section leader or company commander; Fought at Brunete, Quinto and Belchite
Final status:
KIA 2 September 1937 at Belchite or Quinto while serving as a Section Leader
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 557, ll. 99 (Fiche); List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; Americans and Canadians Killed in Spain Complete list to Nov. 15, 1937; NAC, M-P Collection, Hoar, V. 1, F. 10 Death and Disappearance Certificates, (9/2//37); Easterbrook; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
