Date of birth:
Friday, 19 June 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Hamilton, Ontario
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 9 September 1923
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-05 sailed
1937-06-22 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 3
Final status:
Survived; WIA October 1937: brought in from no-man's land at Fuentes; Went to "Instruction camp" at Vilaseca in May 1938; Hospitalized; Declared unfit for further service in June 1938
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 56; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 544, ll. 7-9; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry
