Date of birth:
Wednesday, 27 January 1909
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
logger; harness maker
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Carlisle, England
Date of Immigration to Canada:
circa 1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Prior military experience:
British Territorial Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-06-07 arrived
Unit:
Trained in Montblanch Training Base; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 2
Final status:
MIA during Retreats; WIA 23 September 1938 at Corbera: hit in right forearm and hip; Hospitalized for illness; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York; Died in 1964
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 563, ll. 44 (fiche), 54-60; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
