Alternate name(s):
McGrande
Nickname:
Jock
Date of birth:
Saturday, 5 October 1912
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
chauffeur; lumber mill worker
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 22 July 1928
Education:
2 years in "academy"
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; expelled from the Communist Party in Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-14 arrived
Unit:
Trained at Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 24 Battalion, Machine gun company; Transferred to 35th Division, Special Machine Gun Battalion: Spanish Battalion; Political commissar of company; Sent to Officers Training School; Rank Sargento
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Scotland, where he served in the British Merchant Navy during World War II; Returned to Vancouver
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of deserting; Expelled from the Communist Party on 7 December 1938
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 48-62; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
