Biography
k-Mallon, Thomas John. (Mallan; Mallen, Tom John Mason); b. March 28, 1912 (May 28, 1912), NYC; 2 years college; 1929-1933, New York National Guard (US Naval Reserve); Single; Aviator and Telephone Worker; CP 1937 (CPC 1937); Received Passport# 437726 on June 9, 1937 which lists his address as 252 12th Street, Brooklyn, New York; Sailed June 12, 1937 aboard the Georgic; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on June 30, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, MG Company, Commissar; WIA March 2, 1938; left behind during the Retreats (Killed in action April 3, 1938, Gandesa), during the Retreats.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Figueres List; Mac-Paps; Canadian; Momryk; Petrou; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 455, ll. 92; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 37; Opis 6, Delo 942, ll. 57 (voir arch gen); USSDA. Code A
Photograph: Thomas Mallon, Political Commissar, Machine-Gunner Company, Mackenzie-Papineau, November 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0902. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Figueres List; Mac-Paps; Canadian; Momryk; Petrou; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 455, ll. 92; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 37; Opis 6, Delo 942, ll. 57 (voir arch gen); USSDA. Code A
Photograph: Thomas Mallon, Political Commissar, Machine-Gunner Company, Mackenzie-Papineau, November 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0902. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.