Alternate name(s):
Jose
Trunbell
Date of birth:
Saturday, 9 January 1915
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
sailor; relief camps; construction worker; post office
Hometown(s):
Guelph, Ontario; Grand Valley, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario
Education:
public school; party school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; An RCMP report implies he was no longer a party member when he returned to Canada
Prior military experience:
l year, Algonquin Rifles, Canadian Militia, 1931
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-28
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Canadian Section; One of 40 Canadians transferred into the Lincolns on 5 June 1937; Corporal; Post office censor after August 1937
Final status:
WIA at Brunete; Hospitalized at Madrid 1 week, Benicasim 2 weeks, Vich 1 month; Survived; Returned to Canada on 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; World War II, Canadian Overseas Army, 12 Canadian Army Tank Regiment, A Squadron; Participated in the invasion of Italy, 1943; Died 5 January 1993 in Oakville, Ontario
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 572, ll. 75-84; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 51, ll. 134; Momryk; Petrou; Easterbrook; Ancestry; Hoff
