Date of birth:
Friday, 1 April 1910
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Finnish; American
Profession:
mechanic; truck driver
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Buffalo, New York
Education:
secondary school
Political affiliation:
Joined the Communist Party for the first time in Spain, 12 May 1938
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-02-04 sailed
1938-02-16 arrived over Pyrenees
Unit:
Driver; Later Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Machine Gun Company, Runner; Company secretary; Translator; Served in the Tarazona Instruction Battalion; Rank of Sargento; Stationed in Badalona, served at Batea, Gandesa, Cherta, Mora Nueva and Badalona, Ebro Crossing, Sierra Pandals, and Sierra Caballs
Final status:
Survived; Returned to the United States 15 December 1938 aboard the Paris; Died 25 October 1966, East Amherst, New York
Sources:
Sail; SACB; Pay; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 555, ll. 12-18 ; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Our Boys in Spain; Hoff
