Date of Birth:
circa 1919 or 1920
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
student
Hometown(s):
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Prior military experience:
Canadian Militia
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-15
Unit:
15 Brigade, Battalion 17, Machine Gun Company; Served at Jarama
Final status:
Developed heart ailment and was sent to hospital; Survived; Sent home, possibly because he was too young; Home by 2 July 1937; Fought during World War II
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Disciplinary Commission report from 6 June 1937 stated that he created "Scandals at the station. He would not go in the hospital at Villanueva because he said he thinks this hospital is for fools. He would like to return to Canada. [He] tore his papers he that he received from the medical committee."; Report recommended three days imprisonment as punishment
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 50-51; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
