Alternate name(s):
Edvardsen; Edwardson; Sverre
Nickname:
Eddie
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 10 July 1906
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Norwegian
Profession:
jeweller; Communist Party of Canada official; cook
Hometown(s):
Telemark, Norway; Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 6 September 1925
Education:
elementary school; technical school
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1931; Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-19
Unit:
Battalion of Instruction at Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion Company No. 3, Section No. 3 publicity director; Kitchen staff at Tarazona and Quintana from September to August 1937; Cultural Commission in Tarragona from November 1937 to February 1938; Special Machine Gun Battalion, 15th Corps in May 1938
Final status:
WIA third finger of left hand on 1 August 1938; Hospitalized; Reported MIA 3 April 1938 at Gandesa and 30 August 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada on 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 97; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 547, ll. 33-36; 62- 66 (under Edvardsen); Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
