Elmer Allen Cressman

Elmer Cressman
Alternate name(s): 
Kressman
Date of birth: 
Wednesday, 24 February 1904
Marital status: 
single, later married Eva Doyle
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian; English
Profession: 
farm worker; sawmill worker; logger; cowboy
Hometown(s): 
Nanaimo, British Columbia; Regina, Saskatchewan; Vancouver, British Columbia
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Involved in demonstrations, arrested twice in 1935 during strikes and spent 3 months in Fort Saskatchewan Jail
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-09-15 via the Pyrenees
Unit: 
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1, later Machine Gun Company; Served at Teruel and Segura de los Baños
Final status: 

WIA in left leg on 15 February 1938 at Segura de los Baños; Hospitalized at Callado de Maravella, Taragona, Valls, Villafranco, Mataro and Santa Coloma from 17 February to 4 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association; Died 27 May 1979 in Nanaimo, British Columbia

Sources: 
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 82-91; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
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