Alternate name(s):
McEwen; Ewin; Alex
Nickname:
Bruce
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 31 July 1917
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
typographer; Communist Party of Canada worker; later a teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Waldeck, Saskatchewan
Education:
elementary school; technical training in engineering; Later received BEng and teaching certificate from UBC
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1931
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-20
Unit:
Service de Correjos, Censor; Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, service behind the front and/or Special Machine Gun Company: Sargento; Beeching said he manned an Anti-aircraft gun at river during the Ebro offensive; He wrote his father to say he had been chosen for sniper's school
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939; Fought during World War II with the Canadian Army in Armour: second lieutenant; Died 30 June 2000 in Regina, Saskatchewan
Other:
Of the Ewen family who were prominently associated with the CPC; Son of Tom Ewen of the Kingston Eight; Brother to fellow Mac-Pap veteran Alexander Ewen; Brother to Jean Ewen who served in China with Dr. Norman Bethune; A letter from Bruce Ewen to his sister, Isabel, appears in Advance: A Magazine for Youth.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 547, ll. 110-120; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Family input from Harry Ewen; Hoff
