New Zealanders in the Spanish Civil War

The following list names those from New Zealand, or who later came to live in New Zealand, for whom there is evidence of their involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Those whose names appear in bold face were killed in action in that war.

Name	Birth date and place	Death date and place	Spanish Civil War service
Angermann, Dr Marianne	1904, Germany	1977, NZ	Medical assistant, Republican Army medical services, 1936–39
Belcher, William Redmond Morrison	1 January 1912, Geelong, Australia	14 February 1999, Waiheke Island	Anarchist militia, 1936–1938
Bielschowsky, Dr Franz David	1902, Germany	Dunedin, 1965	Doctor, Republican Army medical services, 1936–39
Bryan, Herbert Richard	1908, Timaru	1961, Dunedin	British Battalion, International Brigades, 1938
Cox, Sir Geoffrey Sandford	7 April 1910, Rangitīkei	2 April 2008, Gloucestershire, England	Journalist, Madrid, October–December 1936
Cross, Phllip E.	17 March 1906, Hamilton	14 February 1965, Whangārei	Nationalist (pro-Franco) army, 1936–37
De Treend, Leonardo Pedro	6 October 1919, San Sebastian, Spain	(living in Hastings, NZ)	POUM and militia, 1937–38
Dodds, Isobel (later McGuire)	15 September 1913, Auckland	(living in Auckland)	Nurse, International Brigades, July 1937–October 1938
Droescher, Werner Otto	5 January 1911, Karlsruhe, Germany	1979, Auckland	Anarchist and other militia, 1936–38
Ford, Robert	1910, US	1993, Auckland	Lincoln Battalion, International Brigades, May 1937–October 1938
Gray, Bernard Maurice	20 May 1912, Masterton	1984, Lower Hutt	British Battalion, International Brigades
Griffiths, Eric Neville	9 September 1912, England	23 February 1942, Nadi, Fiji	Pilot, Spanish Air Force, 1936–37
Hoy, Jim	26 February 1910, Liverpool, UK	18 December 1997, Wellington	British Battalion, International Brigades, 1938 (?)
Jolly, Dr Douglas Waddell	16 December 1904, Cromwell	19 December 1983, Surrey, England	Lieutenant-surgeon, Republican Army Medical Corps, February 1937–October 1938
Kent, John Horatio (Jack)	Eltham, February 1911	31 May 1937, Barcelona, Spain	Volunteer for International Brigades
McDonald, William Murn	1913, Dunedin	1968, Lisbon, Portugal	Abraham Lincoln and Garibaldi Battalions, International Brigades, January 1937–October 1938
MacIntosh, Dr Robert Reynolds	17 October 1897, Timaru	28 August 1989, England	Anaesthetist, Nationalist Army medical services, 1937
Maclaurin, Griffith Campbell	19 September 1909, Auckland	10 November 1936, Madrid	Commune de Paris Battalion, International Brigades, November 1936
Maclure, Alexander Crocker	25 November 1911, Montreal, Canada	October 1937, Fuentes de Ebro	‘Mac-Pap’ and Lincoln Battalions, International Brigades, March –October 1937
Madigan, William, aka ‘Martinez’	24 July 1916, Wellington (?)	1938, Spain	Lincoln Battalion, International Brigades, 1 937–38
Montgomery, Dr Gladys	4 June 1891, Hamilton	23 December 1969, Auckland	Doctor, British medical unit, 1937
Morris, Dorothy A.	c. 1903–04, Christchurch (?)	23 January 1998, Christchurch	Nurse, International Brigades, February 1937–39
Riley, Charles Francis (Dennis)	1893, Stepney, London	21 November 1982, Lower Hutt	British Battalion, International Brigades, 1937–38
Robertson, Frederick Holmes	15 February, Cairo, Egypt	1937, Jarama, Spain	British Battalion, International Brigades, 1937
Russell, Sir Peter	24 October 1913, Christchurch	22 June 2006, Oxford, UK	Covert intelligence agent, British government
Shadbolt, René (Renee) Mary	26 April 1903, Duvauchelle, Akaroa	16 August 1977, Henderson, Auckland	Nursing sister, International Brigades, February 1937–October 1938
Sharples, Rubi Millicent (née Milner)	1892, Temuka	4 April 1945, Auckland	Nurse, International Brigades, July 1937–May 1938
Spiller, Herbert Leonard (Tom)	1909, Napier	12 December 1984, Wellington	British Battalion, International Brigades, 1937
Texidor, Greville	1902, London	1962, Australia	Women’s militia, anarchist militia, supporting orphaned children
Wilson, Beryl Una	8 March 1907, NZ	1993, Auckland	Theatre nurse, International Brigades, December 1936–1938
Yates, Steve	c. 1895, NZ	10 November 1936, Madrid	Commune de Paris Battalion, International Brigades, November 1936

This table is an updated version of the original contained in Mark Derby (ed.), Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 2009.

The researchers and authors welcome any further information on the above names, and on others we may have missed. Please contact: Spanish War, c/-Labour History Project, PO Box 27-425, Wellington, email [email protected], or leave a community contribution below.