George Hardy, Jr.

Date of birth: 
Thursday, 10 February 1910
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian
Profession: 
printer; shop steward
Hometown(s): 
Victoria, British Columbia; London, England
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party Southwark Branch London since 1932; Communist Party of Canada
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Printers Union; National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers and Machine Rulers Unions since December 1931
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1938-03-18
Unit: 
Report dated March 11, 1938 stated “Believed to have rejoined Batt. From Hosp. prior to Calaciete action – believed missing.”
Final status: 

Reported killed by a sniper on 28 March 1938, in the Gandesa sector.

Other: 
Son of Communist Party member George Hardy, Sr., who was active in the British Seaman's Union
Sources: 
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 58-59; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff; “Printworkers Honored”, International Brigades Memorial Trust Newsletter, Geraldine Abramson, ed., Issue 4, February 2003, pg 1.
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