Alternate name(s):
Madeley
Russ; Ross
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 22 January 1918
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
printer and pressman (Daily Clarion)
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Education:
primary school
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1935; Communist Party of Canada, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-08
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion: Corporal
Final status:
WIA on 17 January 1938; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto); Died in 1989
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted; Caught; Imprisoned at Castelldefels; Returned to the front
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 4-13; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 566, ll. 83; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
