Nickname:
Jimmy; Jimmie
Date of birth:
Thursday, 7 April 1904
Marital status:
married to Flora May Smith
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Scottish
Profession:
Auto body painter
Hometown(s):
Brussels, Ontario; Windsor, Ontario
Education:
High school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1931
Prior military experience:
No prior military experience
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-28 sailed
1937-06-13 arrived via Massanet
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 2, group leader, later Company political commissar; Spanish Red Cross
Final status:
KIA 14 or 18 February 1938 at Atalaya or Teruel
Other:
A quote from Jimmie Cochrane appears in They Defend World Democracy.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 509, ll. 70; Opis 6, Delo 545, ll. 3 ; List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; NAC, M-P Collection, Hoar p171, V. 1, F. 10 Death and Disappearance Certificates, (between 14 and 18 February 1938); Momryk; Petrou; Hoff; Ancestry
