Arvi Seppanen

Alternate name(s): 
Seponen
Sepponen
Soppanen
Arvid
Harvey
David
Date of birth: 
Wednesday, 4 May 1904
Marital status: 
single
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Finnish
Profession: 
miner; lumber worker; bush worker; bush cook; saw mill worker
Hometown(s): 
Port Arthur, Ontario; South Porcupine, Ontario; Muolaa, Finland
Date of immigration to Canada: 
Monday, 23 May 1927
Education: 
Public school education in Finland
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Finnish Organization; Lumber Workers' Industrial Union; Lumber Workers Union of Canada; American Federation of Labor
Prior military experience: 
Finnish Army, 1924-1925
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-05-30
Unit: 
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Company 4, Machine Gun Company, Section 1; Lieutenant; Section leader of Company 1
Final status: 

Reported KIA during retreats; WIA 18 August 1938 at Gandesa: bullet in the back; Hospitalized; Survived; Decorated for bravery; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1968

Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 512, ll. 17; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1032, ll. 14-27a; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives; Our Boys in Spain
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