Alternate name(s):
Jack Hill
Robert Stuart Sims
Date of birth:
Thursday, 24 April 1913
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
logger
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Montreal, Quebec
Education:
public school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1936; International Brigades papers say he should not be taken into the party
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-26
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Trained with Company 3; Served with Company 1
Final status:
WIA 11 September 1938 at Hill 565: hit in the left hand; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1959
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 149-156; Momryk; Petrou
