Alternate name(s):
Houghey; Hoey; Jim; Seamus
Date of birth:
Saturday, 6 December 1919
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
16 May 1938
Unit:
British Battalion
Final status:
Captured on 22 September 1938; POW; Emigrated to Canada after his release on 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; May have switched ids with John Kambides; Served with the RCAF during WWII; KIA 12 Sept 1943 when his Wellington Bomber crashed in North Devon
Other:
May have switched ids with John Kambides so that the latter could stay in Europe
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 73 (ver arch gen americ); McLoughlin; Momryk; Ancestry
