Date of birth:
Monday, 30 December 1912
Marital status:
single, later married Dorothy Trotter
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Milton, Ontario
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 8 June 1929
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-02
Unit:
Lincoln Battalion, one of 40 Canadians transferred into the Lincolns on 5 June 1937; Political Commissar's course; British Battalion, company commissar; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Quinto, Belchite, and Fuentes de Ebro
Final status:
POW 25 March 1938 at Gandesa during the Retreats; Held at San Pedro de Cardeña; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (Toronto); Died 1966
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña.
Sources:
List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (Captured); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 110-111; RGASPI, Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 51 ll 134; Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
