Place of birth: Aberdeen, Scotland
Year of birth: 30th March 1912
Political organisation: CP '37 & AUBTW
Date of arrival: 24th February 1937
Date of departure: September 1938
Date of death: 11th December 1987 - Aberdeen
Comments: BA 7yrs. Gave an address at 121, School Drive, Aberdeen. 7 years with British Army 1928-35. Fought with British Battalion, Canadian Mac-Paps and American George Washington Battalion.
Sent from Madrigueras direct to Officer School but desired to go direct to the front. He was consequently transferred to 16th Batt without taking the course at the school.'
Instructor and pol comm. at Tarazona. Believed missing, but invalided home under his own steam from Barcelona after being wounded at the Ebro 27/7/38.
WW2 served with Gordon Highlanders then RAF Regiment.
Married the widow of Archibalkd Dewar KIA Ebro.
Source: IBA Box D-7 File A/2 & Box D-7 File A/1, RGASPI 545/6/41/99 & 545/6/89/47 & 545/6/90/1 & 545/6/91/97 & 545/6/97/35 & 545/6/101/41-45.
Aberdeen Press and Journal - 17 July 1986 p8.
"Voices from the SCW" Edited by Ian MacDougall p88-99.
