New Zealander who fought with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
MacDonald, William, active 1930s
New Zealand and Australian International Brigadiers awaiting repatriation from Spain
Date: 1938
By: O'Shaughnessy, Michael Francis, 1968-
Reference: PAColl-6755
Description: New Zealand and Australian International Brigadiers awaiting repatriation from Spain after the withdrawal of the International Brigades by the Spanish Government. The photograph was probably taken in the town of Ripoli, close to the French border at the foot of the Catalan Pyrenees, ca October-November 1938. Photograph printed from a negative held by the Archive of the International Brigades, Moscow. Back row, left to right: Kevin Rebecchi (Australia), Lloyd Edmonds (Melbourne, Australia), William "Murn" MacDonald (Wellington & Dunedin, NZ), Joe Carter (Sydney, Australia). Front row, left to right: Jack Franklyn (Australia), Bert Bryan (Wellington & Dunedin, NZ), Jim McNeill (Sydney, Australia). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).