Alternate name(s):
Perone; Perce; Purdue
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 15 September 1903
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
vulcanizing worker
Hometown(s):
Calgary, Alberta; Clinton, Ontario; Lethbridge, Alberta
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Prior military experience:
Militia: 20th Artillery Battery for 19 months beginning in 1921
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-25 left
1937-09-06 arrived
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Transmissions; Brigade Transmissions; Lincoln-Washington Battalion
Final status:
MIA 10 to 17 March 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 86-95; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
