Alternate name(s):
Jerry Moore
O'Shea
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 5 March 1918
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Irish
Profession:
miner; fisherman; logger; cannery worker; seaman; cowhand
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; Calgary, Alberta; Port Morien, Nova Scotia
Education:
grade 10
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1936; Possibly joined the Communist Party of Canada, 1936; Communist Party of Spain
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-27
Unit:
35 Division; Listers Brigade; Thaelmann Battalion; Service de Personal; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2; Corporal; Clerk; Company party secretary
Final status:
MIA 24 September 1938; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 104-106 (under Moore); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 34-38; Hoar; Momryk; Petrou
