Biography

Van Ausdal, Alvin b. August 15, 1906, Santaguin, Utah; Father George Samuel Van Ausdal, mother Ellen Johnson Van Ausdal; Divorced from Lucille Waters (married May 1, 1925); Miner; CP 1936; Domicile Santaquin, Utah; Arrived in Spain on May 5, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Washington BN, Co. 3, Section 3; Lincoln-Washington BN, Co. 3; Returned to the US on August 4, 1938 aboard the Manhattan; d. December 23, 1954, Los Angeles, California, buried Santaquin City Cemetery, Santaquin, Utah County, Utah.

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Sibling: brother Lewis Elroy B. Van Ausdal.

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Sources: Cadre; Washington; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1005, ll. 13; USSDA 2:0999, 61:0222; L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave# 76774577. Code A

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Photographs: Alvin Van Ausdal, visited by Helen Keller and Robert Raven, October 1938. Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 15; Series I Photographs 1930s-1990s, Box 3, Folder 61. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries; Alvin Van Ausdal from a group photographs aboard the Manhattan; Van Ausdal and Court Bevenssee with four-year-old Richard Lee during the Peace Parade. Photograph Daily Worker.

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