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
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
