Alternate name(s):
Ross Russell; Cyrus Russell Greenberg
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 31 January 1911
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
shop clerk at Woolworths; trader
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; United States
Education:
primary school, finished
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-15
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Machine Gun Company; Mixed unit after he was wounded at Teruel; From October 1938 he served as the Responsible in the 2nd unit of Military Hospital Number 15
Final status:
WIA January at Teruel and again April 1938 when his hospital train was bombed; Survived; Fought during World War II with the Canadian Army; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans association (Toronto); Visited Spain with Veterans delegation in September 1979; Died 14 May 1990 in Toronto
Sources:
Sources: Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 550, ll. 23-29; Momryk; Petrou; Taped interview with Richard Wright for Macleans article; Ancestry; Hoff
