Alternate name(s):
Windfred
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 7 April 1908
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
trapper; shoemaker; worker
Hometown(s):
Edmonton, Alberta; Ottawa, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-06
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Companies 1, 2 and 4; Artillery; Machine gunner; Company runner; Battalion runner; Machine gun corporal; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Segura de los BanĚos, The Retreats (Belchite, Caspe, Gandesa) and Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA three times: 15 February 1938 at Seguro de los Banos, 1 August 1938 at Gandesa, and 21 August 1938 at Pandolls, hit in both legs and hands; MIA 25 July to 8 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 78-81; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry