Alternate name(s):
Omar
Lazure
Lazue
Lazrene
Owen
Date of birth:
Thursday, 20 April 1905
Marital status:
married, 4 or 7 kids
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Profession:
steelworker; cement worker; social worker
Hometown(s):
Howisk, Quebec; Glenn Falls, New York
Education:
Primary school education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Prior military experience:
US National Guard, Private for two years
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-04 via Massanet
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Co. 3, Section 2; at Fuentes Machine Gun Company
Final status:
KIA 30 July 1938 at Gandesa, Ebro Offensive; killed by artillery shrapnel
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 510. ll. 79; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 557, ll. 25 (under Lazure, Omar); Mac-Paps; Canadian (under Lajure, Omer); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
