Alternate name(s):
Beatty
Date of birth:
Friday, 21 March 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
printer; baker
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Education:
High School education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Prior military experience:
1 year, Militia or Canadian Army
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-20; 1937-02-04 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Final status:
WIA 27 February 1937; Repatriated to North America in June 1937; He gave hostile interviews and was labeled Trotskyite: he spoke against the International Brigades in press articles in Canada and toured the United States
Other:
According to D.P. Stephens, Beattie was one of the first five Canadian sent to Spain to join the International Brigades (17).
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 542; Opis 6, Delo 568, ll. 90 (voir arch gen); Momryk; Petrou; Stephens
