Alternate name(s):
Valter; Valdemar
Date of birth:
Thursday, 14 June 1906
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Hometown(s):
Niipuri, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Finland, 1930
Prior military experience:
Fought with the Revolutionary Army in Finland, 1923; Served with Finnish Army II Bicycle Corps, 1926-27
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-10
Unit:
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Company 1
Final status:
Sick; Died on 27 July 1938 in Gandesa
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1027, ll. 1-2; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
