Alternate name(s):
Kambides
Date of birth:
Saturday, 5 April 1913
Marital status:
married Angeline Vivarikos in 1941
Children:
2
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Greek Cypriot
Profession:
shoemaker
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec
Unit:
Lincoln-Washington Battalion
Final status:
POW 10 March 1938; Held at San Pedro de Cardenas Prison Camp; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Did not return to Canada with the rest of the prisoners and may have switched IDs with Irish volunteer James Haughey; Returned to Canada 3 June 1939 on the Aulania; Died 25 August 1986 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Other:
There is a testimony signed by "Jim Haughey" describing experiences as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña. It is unclear it Kambides wrote this, or if it has been incorrectly labeled as Canadian. Kambides switched ids with James Haughey so that Haughey could go to Canada.
Sources:
Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff; Gerasimos Kambites
