Date of birth:
Sunday, 28 March 1915
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Welsh
Profession:
sailor
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Penarth, Wales
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 26 June 1931
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-02 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; British Battalion; Auto Park after he was wounded; Mail service
Final status:
WIA 7 July 1938 at Brunete; Survived; Returned to Wales in 1939; Died in 2007
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 99; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 51, ll. 134 on transfer to the Lincolns; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Greg Lewis, A Bullet Saved My Life
