Alternate name(s):
Rodan
Date of birth:
Monday, 13 March 1899
Marital status:
later married Florence Taylorson
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
longshoreman; relief camps; postman; labourer
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edinburg, Scotland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 20 March 1927
Education:
public school, 8 years
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Prior military experience:
Corporal in Army for 2.5 years, World War I, in the Royal Scots Regiment
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-12 sailed
1937-07-01 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Driver Kitchen's truck
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Died in 1974
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 566, ll. 28-31; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 92; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry, BC Archives
