Alex Chambers

Alternate name(s): 
James; Jim
Nickname: 
Scotty
Date of birth: 
Wednesday, 2 March 1898
Marital status: 
single, later married Zelma
Children: 
5
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Scottish
Profession: 
grocer; sales clerk; organizer
Hometown(s): 
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada: 
13 May 1929 or 1932
Education: 
high school, 1 year
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Spain, 1937
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Involved in strikes and demonstrations; Single Unemployed Union; Camp Workers' Union; Army and Navy Association; "One Big Union" organizer
Prior military experience: 
British Army during World War I, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1915-1918, France, telegraphist
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-06-23 over Pyrenees
Unit: 
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Company 1; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2, signaller; Transmissions, telegraphist in Falset in July 1938; Sargent; Served at Quinto, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Segura de los BaƱos, Aragon, Ebro Offensive
Final status: 

WIA twice in right shoulder at Quinto August 1937, again in right groin August 1938; Hospitalized at Benicasim and Mataro; Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford, joining the ship in Greenock, Scotland; Possibly died 26 July 1970, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sources: 
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 65; Opis 6, Delo 544, ll. 28-36; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
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