James Reid Tait

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
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Resident of relief camps
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 Baños
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
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