Nickname:
Ben
Date of birth:
Friday, 19 July 1895
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
newspaper salesman
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Maguiresbridge, Lisnakea, Ireland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1912
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Ireland, 1934
Prior military experience:
World War I: Served with Canadian Expeditionary Force, "A" Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons, 1914-1919.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-09 arrived from England
Unit:
Political Commissar at Camp Lukacs and Servicio de Informacion Militar, Tarazona
Final status:
WIA on 6 July 1937 at Brunete; KIA on 14 March 1938 in a bomb blast in Albalate, Aragon
Other:
A memorial was unveiled in his honor in Aughnacloy, Ireland on 9 March 2013; There is a website partially dedicated to Murray.
Full Name:
Benjamin Frederick Murray
Sources:
McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou
