Nickname:
Jock
Date of birth:
Saturday, 23 October 1909
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
logger
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1926
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-23 sailed
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 3; Later Company 1; Sergeant
Final status:
WIA during an attack; Survived; Returned to either Canada or England in 1939
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 15-20; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 22; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou
