Alternate name(s):
Joe
Date of birth:
Sunday, 14 June 1914
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Irish
Profession:
chauffeur
Hometown(s):
Douglastown, Saskatchewan; Timmins, Ontario
Education:
public school, finished
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, December 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-01 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2 as political delegate; Servicio Hispano-Canadiense de Transfusión de Sangre (Spanish-Canadian Blood Transfusion Institute); Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Segura de los Banos, Aragon
Final status:
WIA at Segura de los Baños by a grenade; Reported KIA 30 July 1938 at Gandesa during the Ebro Offensive; John Kokura says he was killed July 26th and buried by him
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 111- 112; NAC, M-P Collection, Hoar, V. 1, F. 10 Death and Disappearance Certificates; Hoar; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
