The volunteer of the week is George Thomas, an English-Canadian volunteer and university student. Thomas was born in the UK on February 25th, 1915 and immigrated to Saskatchewan in 1920 with his mother Ethel. Thomas's International Brigades file lists his later residences as Regina, Saskatoon, and Drumheller, Alberta. He sailed for Spain on October 16, 1937 and arrived on the 30th of the same month.
Little is known about his time in Spain, though it is likely he served in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, as Ukrainian-Canadian volunteer Nick Elendiuk was with the Mac-Paps when Thomas was reported MIA in mid-March 1938, and reported that Thomas was captured and likely executed.
