Alternate name(s):
Schoefield
Schomberg
Nickname:
Ron
Date of birth:
Thursday, 26 December 1912
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
baker
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Rochdale, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 15 July 1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-06
Unit:
Trained with the Battalion of Instruction Company 1 at Tarazona; Lincoln Battalion, Company 1; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 35 Division: Health unit; Cook; Stretcher bearer; Instructor; Light Machine gunner
Final status:
WIA 6 July 1937 at Brunete: hit in the left arm; Hospitalized; Sick; POW; Survived; Returned to Canada 7 April 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (1977)
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 568, ll. 82-89; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 51, ll. 134 (Transfer to Lincolns); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
