Date of birth:
Friday, 11 December 1908
Marital status:
single, later married Sarah Kaslow in 1942
Ethnicity/Nationality:
German
Profession:
truck driver; pressman
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Germany
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1930
Education:
high school in Germany
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-11 arrived
Unit:
Regiment de Tren, truck transport
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Left Spain in mid to late 1938 and spent several months in France before returning to Canada; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion Veterans Association; Died on 5 October 2009
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 553; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff; Photo from Irma Orchard
