Griff Maclaurin and Steve Yates were part of the International Column of anti-fascist volunteers which marched into Madrid to bolster the city's defences against the assault of General Francisco Franco's rebel armies. Both men were killed in battle within two days of arriving
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The Spanish Civil War
While New Zealand had no official involvement in the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, a small number of New Zealanders fought in Spain (six were killed there), or served as doctors and nurses. Many others supported the Republican war effort through fundraising efforts back home. Read the full article
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The Spanish Civil War was primarily a fight between the nationalist Fascists and the democratic Republicans.
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Main image: Griff Maclaurin c1936
Griff Maclaurin, one of the first international volunteers to be killed in the Spanish Civil War.