Remarks:
From a Catholic family of 17.
Lost brother Archie in 1941 in ww2 when HMS Barham was sunk in the Mediterranean.
Left school at 14 to work as a coal man, and then went into RAF in 1951 monitoring stock and stores.
After leaving RAF, moved to Canada but fell ill with heart problem and moved back to Dundee where he worked in Lowden's, an electrical supplier.