Alternate name(s):
Sims
Date of birth:
Sunday, 15 May 1904
Marital status:
married Patricia Pearl McFarland
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
miner; taxi driver; real estate broker
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; New Westminster, British Columbia; Coldstream, British Columbia; Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 8 August 1930
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Prior military experience:
Served with the British Army and the Irish Republican Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-07
Unit:
British Battalion; Canadian Spanish Medical Unit: ambulance driver; 35 Division
Final status:
Deserted; Survived; Returned to Canada 27 April 1938; Died in 1983
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Appears to have deserted after losing/abandoning an ambulance
Sources:
Figueres List; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
