Nickname:
Walter
Date of Birth:
circa 1903
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Nykarleby, Finland
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, squad leader, Sargento
Final status:
WIA on 1 April 1938 fighting in the hills east of Calaciete; Interned in French concentration camp; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February 1939 aboard the Duchess of York; Died 17 August 1962
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1027, ll. 44; Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 87; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Hellund, Walter, 10 pages, no date; Hoar p 190; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
