Date of birth:
Wednesday, 15 October 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Scottish
Profession:
farm labourer; logger; truck driver; warrant officer in the Canadian Forces
Hometown(s):
Edmonton, Alberta; Regina, Saskatchewan; Crane Valley, Saskatchewan
Education:
high school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-21 left; 1937-09-03 arrived
Unit:
Trained at Tarazona; Trench Mortars; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2; Last Company 5; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Seguro de los BanĚos, Belchite, Azuara, Hijar, Caspe, Muella, Gandesa, and Batea
Final status:
WIA 2 August 1938 Gandesa during the Ebro Offensive, hit in left leg, in hospital Figeras, Scha de Farnes, and Mataro; Returned to Canada 27 February 1939, on the Duchess of York; Fought during World War II; Died in February 1990
Other:
Spoke Cree
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 20-25; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
