Alternate name(s):
O’Dare; O’Daer
Nickname:
Paddy
Date of birth:
Monday, 22 May 1905
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
labourer; miner; organizer
Hometown(s):
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; County Donegal, Ireland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Thursday, 22 August 1929
Education:
1.5 years secondary education
Political affiliation:
Community Party of Great Britain, 1934; Communist Party of Canada;
Prior military experience:
Irish Republican Army; Irish Free State Army 1922-29 with 6, 9, 14, 17, 23 Battalions; Sargent
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1936-12-10 via Britain
Unit:
XIV Brigade, First English Company; 86 Brigade, 20 Battalion; British Battalion; XV Brigade, Adjutant Commander August 12-24, 1937 then Commander Commander August 24-September 29; Director of Operations; Officer's Training School, February 1938; Second in Command of Tarazona Training; Returned to British Battalion, Commander March 30, 1938-September 1, 1938
Final status:
WIA at Cordova; Survived; Repatriated September 14, 1938; Served as Major in the British Army during World War II; Remained in Wales; d. 1981
Other:
There is an article about O'Daire in The Book of the XV Brigade, page 194.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 444; ll. 8-29; Delo 562; ll. 5; Liversedge; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
