Alternate name(s):
Paddy; Jospeh; O'Sherry; O’Sheey
Nickname:
Paddy
Date of birth:
Friday, 3 June 1904
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
shoemaker
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; AF
Prior military experience:
Irish Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-10 sailed
Unit:
Lincoln Battalion, Company 3, Section 3; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2;
Final status:
KIA at Teruel or MIA during the Retreats
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 6; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; Liversedge; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou.
