Alternate name(s):
Woods
Date of birth:
Sunday, 5 September 1915
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
May have been a member of the Young Communist League; listed as "anti-party"
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-21
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; British Battalion
Final status:
POW: Captured 3 April 1938, held at San Pedro de Cardenas; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 129 (ver ar gen ingles); Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
