Regimental Number: 1030560
Rank: Private
Branch: 236th Battalion; 13th Battalion
James was born in Minden, Ontario on September 10, 1888. He was living in Carbon, Alberta at the time of his enlistment in January of 1917. James received shrapnel wounds to his right arm in October of 1918. He came to the Grande Prairie area in the mid 1920s and filed on homesteads at SE33-73-10-W6 (which he abandoned soon afterward), NW13-71-5-W6, and SW24-71-5-W6. James served in World War II. He died on May 25, 1967.