Alternate name(s):
Ketoo; Keti; Walmer, Eino
Date of birth:
Sunday, 29 March 1908
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
bricklayer; farm worker; taught gymnastics
Hometown(s):
Fort William, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Worthington, Ontario; transient
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1930
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, 1930
Prior military experience:
Finnish Army, 1920
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-12
Unit:
Partisans: 155 Brigada mailing list; Lieutenant; Later Masaryk, Machine Gun Company, Cabo (Tiente)
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939 via Duchess of York; d. 1993
Other:
MacPap Veterans Association (Toronto)
Sources:
RGASPI fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1028, ll. 33-37; Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1031, ll. 27-29; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Our Boys in Spain.
