John Watson Croll

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
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Single Workers' Unemployed Union
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
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