Alternate name(s):
Leonard; Morris
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 30 August 1904
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
mill worker; sawmill worker
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Yorkton, Saskatchewan; New Westminster, British Columbia
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 10 April 1920
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League; Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Prior military experience:
Canadian Militia
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-02
Unit:
Trained at Base of Instruction, Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Assigned to British Battalion with transmissions at Teruel; Brigade Transmissions: Instruction base; Corporal; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Segura de los Baños, The Retreats (Belchite to Mora Nueva), Ebro Offensive, Gandesa
Final status:
Sick; Hospitalized with jaundice; Survived; Returned to Canada February 3, 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Served in the Canadian Army during World War II; He was turned away when he first tried to enlist; He served only three months, and then was discharged with tuberculosis
Other:
Editor for the Newsletter of the Veterans of the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Visited Spain with Veterans Delegation in September 1979
Sources:
First Image MSC160-209_16 courtesy of the Pacific Tribune Photograph Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library.
Second Image MSC160-207_01 courtesy of the Pacific Tribune Photograph Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library.
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 561, ll. 38-57, 59-62 (62 notes ver britanicos); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
