Alternate name(s):
James Linnear
Date of birth:
Saturday, 5 March 1904
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
sailor; United States Coast Guard
Hometown(s):
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, 1934
Prior military experience:
US Coast Guard
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-10
Unit:
Trained with the Second Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; George Washington Battalion;
Final status:
Sick; Hospitalized; Survived; Served in the US Merchant Marine during World War II; Returned to England later in life; Died in 1983
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Deserted
Other:
Involved with the Mac-Pap Veterans Association
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 576; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry. (one short note says CP 34, 10/3/1937, Bch in vol 2, file 9 lettr says he went on his own); Sail; SACB; Cadre; USSDA 2:1054, 62:0017; Matt White "Wobblies in the Spanish Civil War" ASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Review), 42/3,Winter 2005-6, p 44.
