Nickname:
Bill
Date of birth:
Sunday, 1 May 1898
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
miner; locomotive fireman
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
July 1922
Education:
elementary school in Scotland, 9 years
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Prior military experience:
British Army during World War I: Private Gordan Highlanders
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-27 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2; Stretcher bearer
Final status:
WIA; Lost a leg; Survived; Hospitalized in Benicassim; Scheduled for repatration; Returned to Canada 4 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1961
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 57; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6 Delo 572, ll. 60-62; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
