Harry Rushton

Alternate name(s): 
Barry
Date of birth: 
Wednesday, 26 October 1892
Marital status: 
married
Children: 
4
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
English
Profession: 
Travelling salesman; Vaudeville producer in Chicago
Hometown(s): 
Toronto, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario; Manchester, England
Date of Immigration to Canada: 
1912
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1930
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Ontario Federation of Unemployed
Prior military experience: 
Staff Sergeant in Canadian Army during World War I
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-04-15 sailed
1937-05-05 arrived
Unit: 
Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Political commissar; Armoury; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion historian
Final status: 
WIA; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada in August 1938; Died in 1962
Other: 
Harry Rushton became a supporter of SPCA in Niagara Falls and had 14 dogs, several birds, and a monkey.
Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 567, ll. 26-27; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
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