Date of birth:
Saturday, 4 November 1905
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
railway worker; plumber
Hometown(s):
Edmonton, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia; United States; Tisdale, Saskatchewan
Education:
high school, 2 years
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Prior military experience:
3 years, 12th Brigade of Canadian Machine Gun corps, Militia?
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-12-24 sailed to Spain
1938-01-07 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1979
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 565, ll. 45-50 (ver ar gen can); Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry
