Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Company Political Commissar; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Segura de los Banos, The Retreats, Ebro Offensive
Served 27 May to 18 June 1937 as soldado with the 35th Division; Medical Unit after 2 July 1937, served in hospital as "handy man" and sterilization attendant; Later 15th Army Corps, Medical Company 1
Trained at Tarazona; Started with Lincoln Brigade, Plana Mayor; Topographical section, Estado Mayor; Intelligence staff at Brigade Headquarters; Brigade staff; Trained others in intelligence at Tarrazona de la Mancha; Political Commissar at Castellego Hospital; rank of Sargento; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Aragon, Belchite, Hijar, Caspe, Gandesa and Ebro Offensive
Bill Hallowell; Halawell; Hiliwell; Hollowell; John
Date of Birth:
circa 1894
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Adjutant Commander at Brunete; Transferred to Washington Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Instructor, Rank Teniente; News report refers to him as company commander in the "Spanish Lincoln Battalion"; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Belchite, Quinto and Gandesa
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction at Tarragona; One of 40 Canadians transferred to the Lincoln Battalion on 5 June 1937; Prison guard at Castillo de Fels prison
Trained at the Tarazona Base of Instruction; Served with Partisans; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Machine Gun Company, group leader; Rank Cabo from 17 May 1938; Served in the Retreats at Calceite, Gandesa and the Ebro Offensive at Gandesa, Corbera, Sierra Pandols, and Sierra Caballs