Alternate name(s):
Louis
Lou
Louie
Summers
Winters
Date of birth:
Saturday, 27 November 1915
Marital status:
single; later married Elaine Jane Bramley
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Profession:
construction worker; plumber; mill worker
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Nanaimo, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia
Education:
elementary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935; Young Communist League
Prior military experience:
Royal Montreal Regiment, Canadian Militia, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-23 left, 1937-04-20 arrived
Unit:
Officers' Training School; Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Machine Gun Company; British Battalion: Transmissions; Post office; Auto Park; Served at Jarama, Brunete, Quinto, Belchite, and Fuentes de Ebro
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1979
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 113; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 572, ll. 2-9; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives
