Alternate name(s):
Scatz
Shatz
Issak
Date of birth:
Monday, 4 May 1903
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
sailor; merchant marine
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Kiev, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1907
Education:
grade 4
Political affiliation:
Does not list any party on questionnaire; Communist Party of Spain, November 1937; Letter from brother to "Saturday Night" Magazine says he was a Liberal
Prior military experience:
Canadian Army during World War I, 1918-20
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-01
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2; Medical Unit
Final status:
WIA 13 October 1937at Fuentes de Ebro; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 568, ll. 48 (see Russian), 49-52; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 8; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
