Alternate name(s):
Hawk
Nickname:
Gerry
Date of birth:
Sunday, 6 July 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
musician; upholsterer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Education:
university, 1 year; 12 years studying clarinet and sax
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1927; Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-10-23
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction, Canadian Company; Attended First Aid School in December 1937; Served with the 12th Brigade, 2nd Battalion (Garibaldi), Company 2 from 14 March 1938 to 24 April 1938; Transferred to the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Sanidad (Medical Unit); 15th Brigade, Sanidad from 7 July 1938; Served in The Retreats from Belchite to Gandesa and the Ebro Crossing to Corbera
Final status:
WIA in the foot 29 August 1938 at Corbera, hospitalized for a month; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939; Possibly was in the veterans group that visited Spain in 1979; Died 23 February 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Other:
Mentioned in exit interviews that he wanted to go to Moscow after the war, as he had an uncle and aunt there
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 71-79; Petrou, Ancestry, Findagrave; Hoff
Second photo: ALBA PHOTO 011; 11-0185
