Alternate name(s):
Lait
Nickname:
J.R.
Jim
Jimmy
Date of birth:
Sunday, 2 August 1914
Marital status:
single; Late married Helen Annabelle Hawthorne
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
labourer; student; spent time in Relief Camps
Hometown(s):
Rouleau, Saskatchewan; Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1925
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; Did not always list the party in his bios
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-26
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1; Captain; Company political commissar; Served at Teruel and Segura de los BanĚos
Final status:
WIA 16 February 1938 in the legs; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1979
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 571, ll. 2-5; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
