Alternate name(s):
McAllister
Nickname:
Paddy
Date of birth:
Monday, 8 November 1909
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
waiter; logger
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Belfast, Ireland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Wednesday, 4 August 1926
Date of Immigration to Canada:
4 August 1926 or 1928
Education:
elementary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935; Workers' Party of Ireland
Prior military experience:
Irish Republican Army, 1926
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-19 left
1937-12-02 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 4; Rank Cabo
Final status:
WIA 10 September 1938: hit in right forearm; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Ireland on 24 December 1938; Died in 1997
Other:
A longer biography of McAlister can be found on the Ireland and the Spanish Civil War website. A plaque in his honor was erected by the Worker’s Party in Belfast.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 1-8; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou
