Marital status:
Single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
steel worker
Hometown(s):
Chicago, Illinois
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada 1930
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-1 sailed on the Britannic
1937-01-02 arrived
Unit:
Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, General Staff, Battalion Secretary for the Communist Party: Second General 60
Final status:
Cited for bravery at Fuentes de Ebro; Returned to New York 10 October 1938 aboard the Normandie; Served in WWII
Other:
Joseph's brothers, Danny and Tommy Gibbons, went to Spain from the US or the UK and fought in the British Battalion
Sources:
Cadre; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 43-47; Canadian; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry in L-W; Ross collection VALB Memorial Tribute, December 6, 1970; Bill Alexander, "Danny Gibbons, Film and Television Technician, May 1980."
