Alternate name(s):
Conway
Date of birth:
Thursday, 19 December 1912
Marital status:
single, later married Ida Gougeon of Vancouver in 1940, divorced in 1955
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
miner; unemployed
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; London, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 24 May 1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; It was recommended that he be expelled from the party in Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-12-02
Unit:
Trained at Tarazona 2 Demceber 1937 - 12 February 1938; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3; Served at the Retreats (Belchite, Caspe, and Gandesa) and Ebro Offensive (Sierra Caballs)
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 18 February 1939; Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II; Later Visited Spain; Died 6 November 1993 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of desertion during the Retreats; Detailed on 2 April 1938 at the French border; Jailed near France awaiting sendoff to Castillo de Fels; Likely returned to the Brigade during the Ebro Offensive
Other:
Conroy was sent to Canada as a child worker by the British Immigration and Colonization Association
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 39-47; Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 194, ll 80-81; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry, BC Archives; Hoff
