Alternate name(s):
Francisco
Date of birth:
Sunday, 13 October 1901
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
electrician
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Liverpool, England
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1924
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Prior military experience:
Served in the Canadian Militia: Signal Corps
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-02-09 sailed
1938-02-20 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
Final status:
KIA 26 July 1938 by bombing in Cantaranas
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted; Detained in the Pyrenees; Jailed; Insists he did not desert
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 125-125a (125 at the very end of the Delo; no page number, Spanish report); Momryk; Petrou
