Alternate name(s):
Glean
Nickname:
Joe
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 17 March 1915
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
tool maker; assistant in electrical plant
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Prior military experience:
Canadian Militia
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-07
Unit:
15th Brigade Transmissions and Communications; Sergeant; 86 Brigade; Officers' Training School; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Joined the Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (Toronto); Visited Spain with Veterans Delegation in September 1979
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted several times; Arrested for "defeatism;" Imprisoned at Badalona
Full Name:
Joseph Carah Glenn
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 68-70; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
