Walsh, Bernard.

Biography

b. October 7, 1912, NYC; Attended University of Wisconsin for 1 year and Beaux Arts Institute for 3 years; Prior military service US Army, National Guard, Artillery for 3 years; Married; Sculptor; YCL 1931, CP 1936 (CO & YCL 1932), and Spanish CP; Received Passport# 356389 on December 22, 1936 which listed his address as 122 Lexington Avenue, NYC; Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on January 1 (6), 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN, Co. 1, Section 1; Transferred to BN Estado Mayor; Jarama; Later with the Artillery, 11th Regiment, 2nd Group, 14th Battery (John Brown Battery), 155mm Guns; Leader of Battery Topography Section; d. June 6, 2004. 
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Repatriation List (3/3/1938, ll. 126 & 128); Voros-Jarama; RGASPI; USSDA.