Nickname:
Bob
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 25 December 1900
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
sailor; mechanic; lumberjack
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Extension, British Columbia; California; London, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 14 March 1920
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1930
Education:
elementary school; secondary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Prior military experience:
10 months, Canadian Militia, Victoria, British Columbia, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-19
Unit:
Trained at the Torcillo Machine Gun School; Officer's School; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 4; 15 Army Corps; Machine Gun Company; Head of sqad with Paddy McElligott; Rank Sargento; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Belchite, Caspe
Final status:
WIA 16 March 1938 at Caspe: round through the back; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 9 March 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II; May have visited Spain with the Veterans Delegation in September 1979
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 572, ll. 83-99, 101-102; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives
