Nickname:
Shane
Stand-Geddes
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 13 November 1888
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
labourer; seaman; messman
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Nanaimo, British Columbia; Shoal Lake, Manitoba
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-13 sailed
1937-08-24 arrived
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Reported MIA 17 March 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada October 1938; Died in 1950
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 18; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 566, ll. 14; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
