Nickname:
Larry
Date of birth:
Saturday, 6 August 1904
Marital status:
later married Caroline Hawden
Profession:
typesetter
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Burke Falls, Ontario
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-20 left Canada; 1937-01-29 left Paris
1937-02 arrived in Spain
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Final status:
WIA 27 February 1937 at Teruel: wounded in the chest; Survived; Returned to Canada in August 1937 alongside AE Smith; Died April 27, 1944 either at home or in a Vancouver Sanitorium of tuberculosis
Other:
A letter from Larry Ryan appears in Advance: A Magazine for Youth. According to D.P. Stephens, Ryan was one of the first five Canadians to be sent to Spain to join the International Brigades (17).
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 567, ll. 34 (name only); NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Ryan, Larry, 1 account, 7 pages, no date; 1 broadcast, 5 pages, & 1 letter, 4 pages October 21, 1937; Momryk; Petrou; Stephens; Hello Canada
