after Captain Aimlie, was promoted to command the united Lincoln- 
Washington Battalion. Veteran Joe Kelly from Vancouver who had been 
promoted Lieutenant was transferred as an instructor in a Training 
Camp. 
From the British Battalion went veteran Sam Wilde, wounded again 
at Brunete. He did not stay long at home; he is back to the Battalion 
again. So are Copeman, the Commander, and Walter Tapsell, Commissar. 
Bert Willians, veteran Commissar of the British Battalion also went 
on a well-deserved leave. 
Joe Hinks, who had been on continuous front-line service since Oc- 
tober 1936, and who had led the Battalion through the worst days of 
Brunete, went for a well-earned leave. An arm-wound at Brunete in- 
capacitated Lieutenant MacDougall from front-line service but, cha- 
racteristically, he gave his services to an Officers’ Training Camp 
where his military experience in the British Army was of much benefit 
to new Volunteers. 
André Diamint, who had been promoted to Lieutenant for his outs- 
tanding ability and courage in the Jarama campaign, received a wound 
which necessitated the amputation of a leg. Lieutenant Manuel Lizarra- 
ga, Commander of a Company, was also seriously wounded and inca- 
pacitated from further military service. Jack Roberts, recovered from 
wounds, and George Coyle who had been for some weeks acting Batta- 
lion Commissar, were also among those given leave. 
Lieutenant Alex Cummings, who had become Company Commander 
and Battalion Adjutant through sheer ability, and who represents the 
student type at its best, had received a wound which put him out of ac- 
tion, but he remained in Spain to work on the Cadres Staff. 
Young Giles Bomilly, to “kidnap” whom from the line many efforts 
had been unsuccessfully made, was sent on leave at last. Another youth- 
ful old-timer who went with him was Alan Galloway who had been 
Major Nathan’s driver and friend through many adventures. 
Among the Irish who went on home leave were Machine-Gun Com- 
mander Paddy Duff (wounded for the second time) and Peter O’Connor 
who had never missed a fight and ever missed a bullet. With them 
went Dinny Holden, 56 years old, who had been arrested more than 
once “deserting” from the base to the front-line, and Jack Nalty, fearless 
leader in battle and cheery comrade in war and peace. 
The three Power brothers from Waterford were wounded at different 
times. One of them, Lieutenant Jack Power was sent subsequently to 
help at a Training Camp. Ben Murray of Belfast and Paddy Sullivan, 
wounded at Brunete, were transferred to work in a Training Camp. 
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