Alternate name(s):
Myrtle Eugenia, Lawson
Nickname:
Jim
Date of birth:
Friday, 5 March 1909
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; English
Profession:
journalist
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Education:
University of Toronto, graduated
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1932; Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-17 arrived
Unit:
Reporter for the Daily Clarion; Publicist for Blood Transfusion Institute; Ambulance driver; Censor; British Medical Unit Ambulance driver; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Survived; Worked with the Committee to Aid Spanish Refugees upon return in 1938; Served in the Canadian Women Army Corps December 1941; Committed suicide in 1968
Other:
Woman; Involved with the Mac Pap Veterans Association (Toronto)
Sources:
Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives. 545 2 114; R (under Eugene) See “My God, Are They Sending Women Now?”
