Alternate name(s):
Penas; Pen; Palmer
Michael
Date of birth:
Monday, 8 September 1913
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
fur dresser; miner
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Vilna, Lithuania
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1926
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1930; But he says in interview with Mac Reynolds and letter to Judith Keene that he belonged to no party
Prior military experience:
Militia in Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-20 sailed
1937-03-17 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; First aid work at Albacete; Later stationed at the Karl Marx barracks in Barcelona
Final status:
WIA at Brunete; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto); Died in 2001
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 82; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 86-89; Momryk; Petrou; Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, April 5, 2001
