Regimental Number: 100539
Rank: Lance Corporal
Branch: 49th Battalion
James was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in September of 1893. He came to Spirit River in 1912 or 1913 and filed on a homestead at 35-78-6-W6. In July of 1915 James enlisted in the Canadian army. He was awarded the Military Medal in November of 1917, and was gassed in April of 1918. On June 27, 1921 James married Winifred Humphries in the matron’s room of the Grande Prairie Hospital. Winifred was a member of the staff there, and James had been a patient. They had five children. James died in 1937.
Sources: Chepi Sepe p. 642