Biography
Devine, John Michael b. February 9, 1906, San Francisco, California; Single; Power shovel Operator, Miner and Mechanic; CP 1936 and Socialist; Received Passport# 24835, San Francisco series, on February 19, 1937 which listed his address as 2351 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, California; Sailed March 10, 1937 aboard the Washington; Arrived in Spain on March 21, 1937; Served with the 86th BDE Auto Park, Hospital Transport and the 35th Division Medical Transport, 15th Army Corps Medical Transport, Chief Mechanic; Rank Sargento; Ejected from the Communist Party on September 12, 1938; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia; d. February 20, 1994, Contra Costa, California.
Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: John Devine in Spain. RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 880.
Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: John Devine in Spain. RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 880.