Alternate name(s):
Walter Woodman
Nickname:
Red
Date of birth:
Monday, 27 March 1905
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Polish
Profession:
stationary engineer; iron worker; construction worker
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Fort William, Ontario; Stszalkowce, Poland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1923
Education:
public school; worked since age 9
Political affiliation:
No party affiliation
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-03
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
WIA 13 October 1937 at Fuentes; Reported MIA February 1938; Hospitalized in May 1938; Returned 1938; Scheduled for early repatriation; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1938
Sources:
Figueres List (under Woodman); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 133- 134; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 93 (under Woodman); List of Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (under Woodman, Lined out); Momryk; Petrou
