Alternate name(s):
Pranger
Nickname:
Red
Date of birth:
Friday, 16 June 1911
Marital status:
married Vera
Children:
2
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
butcher; security guard; constable
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Ottawa, Ontario; Liverpool, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 1 July 1927
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek; Was shot in Regina on 1 July 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-08 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Reported MIA; Hospitalized for illness; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939; Died in 1988
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 564, ll. 47-49; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
Photo from Harry Randall: Fifteenth International Brigade Films and Photographs; ALBA PHOTO 011; 11-0123, Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries
