Alternate name(s):
Mendelson
Ramilevich; Ramelson
Bachran; Bert
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 22 March 1910
Marital status:
later married Marion Jessup
later married Joan D. Smith
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish; Ukrainian
Profession:
lawyer; barrister
Hometown(s):
Edmonton, Alberta; Cherkassy, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1921
Education:
"superior" education; graduated from the University of Alberta
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Spain, 1937
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-24 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3 as a Lieutenant; 35 Division: Special Machine Gun Battalion; Officer Training School
Final status:
WIA by bullet on 28 July 1938 at Gandesa; WIA by shrapnel on 8 August 1938 at Ebro; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to England; Fought during World War II: POW in Italy until 1943; fought with Italian resistance and then Second Lieutenant in the Artillery until the end of the war; Died in 1994
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 565, ll. 15-19; Momryk; Petrou; Audio file in International War Museum, http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80006525, on Royal Army service; Obituary: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bert-ramelson- corrected-1370047.html
