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Joseph
Byrne
Other name: Leo
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Year of birth: 22nd April 1913
Political organisation: CP '37
Occupation: Welder
Date of arrival: 7th February 1938
Brigade ID: 1656
Date of departure: 7th February 1939
Date of death: April 1993 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Where killed:
Comments: Address given as; Sister, 9 or 3, Lilly Road, Liverpool & 43, Tollerton Road, Liverpool. Served with Major Atlee Company, BB, 15th IB. Captured on 3 April 1938. POW at San Pedro de Cardeña. Assessment: 'He was a good soldier and a true anti fascist." Repatriated on release. 1939 living and working in York Road, Oxford.
Source: IBA Box D-7 Files A/1 & A/6, RGASPI 545/6/91/53 & 545/698/2 & 545/6/99/21 & 545/6/112/105-107. NA KV5/118/DSCF2648-49. Liverpool Daily Post - 2 July 1938 p5.
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