Date of birth:
Friday, 25 March 1898
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Karstula, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1923
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada; Not Communist Party of Spain
Prior military experience:
Finnish Civil War
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-15 sailed
1937-04-27 arrived
Unit:
14th Battery, 2nd Group, Anglo-American Battery; Stationed in the province of Badjoz in South East Spain, and then near Toledo
Final status:
Reported MIA 16 March 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York docking in Halifax.
Sources:
Figueres List (under Kack, Gerhard); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
