Alternate name(s):
Bowin, Bovin; Edouard; baptized Joseph Edward Boivin
Date of birth:
Sunday, 25 March 1906
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Profession:
baker
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-02-15
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2; served at Aragon and the Ebro Offensive; At the front from 15 March 1938 to 1 April 1938 and 25 July 1938 to 23 September 1938
Final status:
WIA second day in action at Gandesa in April 1938, hospitalized for 57 days; WIA August 1938; WIA 27 September 1938 Survived; Listed MIA/POW in April 1938 at Gandesa; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (West); Died in 1994
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Arrested for being "anti-Spanish." Allegedly faked sickness.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543, ll. 56-60, 63; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff; BC Archives
