Alternate name(s):
McVocker; MacVicars
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Date of birth:
Thursday, 8 June 1911
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
student; clerical work
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Dauphin, Manitoba
Education:
University of Manitoba: studied arts and science; Business College; Officer Training
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Prior military experience:
Canadian Officers' Training Corps
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Corporal; Battalion Observer
Final status:
WIA 24 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939; Died in 1969
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Did not desert, but was jailed at Ripoll for a couple of days for minor infraction. Says he was jailed for refusing to send men without shoes on sentry duty.
Full Name:
George William Reid McVicar
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 139-144; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
