Date of birth:
Sunday, 19 June 1910
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 1 April 1929
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1937; Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-10-01
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Served on the Aragon Front and at Teruel
Final status:
WIA; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Later joined the Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (West)
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Disciplined for intoxication while hospitalized; Imprisoned at Badalona May 1938
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 10-13; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
