John Cecil Weldon

John Weldon
Date of birth: 
Sunday, 27 October 1901
Marital status: 
single
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian; English
Profession: 
carpenter; labourer; lumber worker
Hometown(s): 
Vancouver, British Columbia; Thornhill, Manitoba; Stanley, Manitoba; Banff, Alberta
Education: 
grade 8; party school
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Relief Project Workers' Union; Canadian Labor Defence League; Vancouver Sports Club; Involved in demonstrations
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-06-06
Unit: 
Lincoln Washington Battalion, Company 3, Section 3; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Sergeant; Served at Quinto, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Belchite, Ebro Offensive and Catalonia
Final status: 

Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond

Sources: 
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 66-77; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 78; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
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