Date of birth:
Monday, 8 January 1906
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
breadmaker
Hometown(s):
Renfrew, Ontario; Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
21-03-1924; returned later after deportation from the US
Prior military experience:
Canadian Military: Princess Patricia Light Infantry Regiment 1926-1928
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-27 arrived
Unit:
86th Brigade, Artillery Pesada; 129th Battalion, Anti-tanks; Rank Teniente; Cook; Gunner; chauffeur; Served at Madrid, Jarama, Pozoblanco, Teruel, Levante
Final status:
WIA in February at Jarama and April 1937 in Pozoblanco; Hospitalized at Alicante, Murcia, and Benicassim; Returned to England briefly but then came back to Spain 14 February 1938; Survived; Returned to the United Kingdom in 1939; Served in the Merchant Navy during World War II; Died in 1941 on the SS Temple Moat when it was torpedoed off Iceland as part of a convoy
Sources:
Petrou; RGASOI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 107, ll 9-18; CAT II
