Volunteers

Anto Babic

Alternate name(s): 
Babich; Anton; Tomo; Toni; Tony
Date of Birth: 
circa 1900
Unit: 
Dimitrov Battalion

Frank Babij

Frank Babig
Alternate name(s): 
Costello
Date of birth: 
24 October, 1914
Unit: 
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion,Co. 1; Served at Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel; Retreats, Seguro de los Baños and Ebro Offensive; Stationed in Badalona; Cited for valor at Seguro de los Baños; Bill Beeching says in an interview with the Regina Leader-Post that "Costello" distinguished himself by cutting barbed wire while under heavy machine gun and fire and grenade bombardment, allowing the Republicans to advance

Karlo Bacic

Karlo Bacic
Alternate name(s): 
Babic; Banic; Bacich
Date of Birth: 
circa 1905
Unit: 
Served with the Mackenzie-Papineau or Lincoln-Washington Battalion

Lionel Charles Backler

Alternate name(s): 
Backlet; Blacken; Backler, D. Lionel
Date of birth: 
28 July, 1913
Unit: 
Trained with the Mackenzie-Papineau BN, Co. 1, Section 2

Edvin Backman

Alternate name(s): 
Bachman; Bachan; Beckman; Edwin
Date of birth: 
9 September, 1901
Unit: 
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Co. 4, Section 2

Frank Thomas Bailey

Date of birth: 
8 January, 1901
Unit: 
Washington Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; 15 Brigade: Transmissions, communications; Possibly kitchen staff in the British Battalion; Transport; Served at Brunete, Aragon and Huesca

Pavel Balciar

Date of birth: 
29 July, 1898
Unit: 
Gottwald Proletarian Anti-aircraft Artillery (Battery 17); Served at Teruel, Huesca, Aragon and Levante

James Balderson

Alternate name(s): 
Noonan James
Date of birth: 
11 August, 1911
Unit: 
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction, Tarazona; Served with the British Battalion, later with Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Rank Sargento

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