Alternate name(s):
Neilsen
Date of birth:
Sunday, 27 June 1897
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Danish
Profession:
logger; labourer
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; transient
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1916
Education:
attended school until age 11
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Prior military experience:
none
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-20 - sailed via Ile de France
1937-04-29 - arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Lieutenant, Officers' Training School
Final status:
Reported KIA; WIA 16 January 1938 at Teruel; MIA 3 April 1938; Cited for valour; Survived
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 67; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 561, ll. 17, 16; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Nielson, Pete, 2 accounts, 4 pages, no date; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
