Alternate name(s):
Edwin
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 22 August 1917
Marital status:
Married British nurse Rosaleen Smythe in Spain
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
mechanic; riveter; shipping and stock work
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ottawa, Ontario; Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta
Education:
university or Grade 11
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1930; Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Prior military experience:
No prior military experience, but he had knowledge of small arms from "hunting expeditions and marksmen clubs"
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-27 via Massanet
Unit:
Infantry at Quinto; Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Driver; International Brigade Medical service, drive, from 15 September 1937; 15 Brigade Transport, Mechanic in August 1937; Sanidad hospital work, driver; Served at Quinto, Belchite, Madrid, Teruel, and Levante
Final status:
Hospitalized with skin sickness; Married British nurse Rosaleen Smythe in Spain; Survived; Returned to Canada; Died 20 November 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 566, ll. 71-78; NAC, M-P Collection, Dent, V. 5, F. 11, Subject Files, Ross, Alan, Reminiscences of SCW, no date; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
