Alternate name(s):
Roderick Earle
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 9 June 1909
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Irish
Profession:
sailor; logger
Hometown(s):
Midland, Ontario; Sprague, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Depot Harbour, Ontario
Education:
public/ primary school; "political school"
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1936; Communist Party of Canada, January 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-21 - sailed from the USA
1937-05-24 - arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2, Section 3; Auto Park; Transport; Served at Brunete, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Sierra Pandols, and Sierra
Caballs
Final status:
WIA at Quinto; Survived; Returned to Canada February 3, 1939, on the Duchess of Richmond; d.1992
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 510. ll. 80; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 562; ll. 22-25; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
