Alternate name(s):
Charles; Cromwel; Bowea
Date of birth:
Friday, 15 March 1895
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
mechanic
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Prior military experience:
British Army, US Army; His gravestone lists the Veterans Guard of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the Canadian Forestry Corps
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-14 sailed
1937-08-24 arrived via Agullana
Unit:
Trained with the 2 Training Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
POW captured 12 March at Hijar and taken to Pueblo de Hijar until 10 April, then to the university at Bilbao and later to San Pedro de Cardena Prison Camp; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford;; Died 18 January 1978 in Sudbury, Ontario
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Fond 543, ll. 61-62, 87; Letter from wife; Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; POW Letters Thomas Fisher Library.
