Nickname:
Scotty
Date of Birth:
circa 1916
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
logger
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-01 - sailed
1937-09-14 - arrived via Espolla
Unit:
Possibly a member of the British Battalion, as Ed Shirley describes going on nighttime missions with him at Teruel
Final status:
POW; MIA during Retreats; Survived; Returned to Canada 1939; d. 1939 in Scotland
Sources:
Figueres List; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (MIA April 1938); Momryk; Petrou.
