Alternate name(s):
Herron
Date of birth:
Saturday, 12 December 1908
Marital status:
Married Joan Cohen in 1941
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
accountant; musician
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Chatham, Kent, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 12 April 1924
Education:
"superior" education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-19 left for Spain
1937-12-01 arrived
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction, Company 5 at Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion: Second company; Rank Cabo
Final status:
WIA 11 or 17 March 1938 during a night attack on a hill at Caspe; WIA on 27 July 1938 at Gandesa during an attack on a fortified machine gun position; Hospitalized at Benicasim; Hospitalized for leg infection at Morella; Survived; Returned to England 19 December 1938; Lived in Australia then Toronto; Died in 1999
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 565, ll. 25-29; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
