Alternate name(s):
Kroll; Crowl
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 3 July 1907
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
carpenter; newspaper worker
Hometown(s):
Regina, Saskatchewan; Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 14 May 1927
Education:
public school, 6 years; high school, 2 years
Political affiliation:
Independent Labour Party, 1922; Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Prior military experience:
Canadian Army, Sappers, 1 year
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-25 via Espolla
Unit:
Trained with the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Staff, Company Clerk; British Battalion, Lieutenant; Transmissions course from 25 January to 14 March 1938 and returned to Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
POW, captured April 1938; Survived; Returned to England
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Reportedly in prison in March
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 70; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 93-94; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
