Alternate name(s):
MacBride; Jack; George
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 10 March 1908
Marital status:
later married Flora McLean
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
logger; painter
Hometown(s):
Carlyle, Saskatchewan; Falkirk, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1920
Education:
elementary school in Scotland and 1 year in Canada (age 13 or 14)
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Prior military experience:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Canadian Army (1928)
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-27 arrived
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Anglo-American Battery; Kitchen staff
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Served with the Canadian Army during World War II: awarded an award for gallantry for action in Sicily, 1943; Died in 1982
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 10-19 (see English); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives. RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 453, ll. 42
