John Brent

Alternate name(s): 
Geordie Dickie
Nickname: 
Jack
Date of Birth: 
circa 1912
Marital status: 
single
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian; Scottish
Hometown(s): 
Coburg, Ontario; Moved to Scotland as a child
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Great Britain, 1938
Prior military experience: 
Cameron Highlanders
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-02-00
Unit: 
British Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; In the biography of Brent, "Good to Be Alive," Stanley Harrison records that he was posted to the Abraham Lincoln Battalion due to his Canadian birth.
Final status: 
Survived; WIA 20 September 1937 at Jarama; Hospitalized 16 August 1937; Lost a leg; Repatriated to England in November 1937
Sources: 

RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543, ll. 118; Momryk; Petrou; “Jack Brent comes home”, Galloway Gazette, March 6, 2006; Geordie Dickie: The Life of Jack Brent by John Dickie; Hoff

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