Date of birth:
Sunday, 27 March 1910
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
machinist; farm worker
Hometown(s):
Hamilton, Ontario; England
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Education:
public school: worked since age of 12
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1937
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-17 - sailed
1937-07-05 - arrived via Setcases
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2
Final status:
KIA January 1938 at Teruel, badly wounded in head and face, died of wounds
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 46 & 47; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 561, ll. 64 (fiche). Momryk; Petrou
