Other name: Redmond Morres
Place of birth: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Year of birth: 1st January 1912
Political organisation: CP
Date of arrival: August 1936
Date of departure: May 1938
Date of death: 14th February 1999 - Auckland, New Zealand
Comments: Originally volunteered for Spanish Medical Aid Committee as a driver. Injured in a crash in Spain. Served in 'Battalion de la Muerte' and Anarchist unit. Sent home, but imprisoned in Barcelona on route. Repatriated on HMS Devonshire. Son of Sir Charles F Belcher.
October 1939 still an active member of the CP. 1942 volunteered for the RAF.
1950 farming in Kenya.
Source: NA KV5/118/DSCF2416-17.
Daily Herald - 1 September 1936 p2.
"Australians and the Spanish Civil War", including Australians in Spain by Nettie Palmer. p24.
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