Date of birth:
Sunday, 2 June 1901
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
sailor; book binder
Political affiliation:
Communist Party: cadre; Possibly joined the Communist Party in Spain
Prior military experience:
Finnish Red Guard
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-04
Unit:
Trained in the Battalion of Instruction for the XI Brigade, Scandinavian Battalion, Company 2; Transferred to the XV Brigade, Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Machine Gun Company
Final status:
WIA on 15 March 1938 at Caspe: bullet in his right leg; WIA on 20 August 1938 at Gandesa: concussion; Hospitalized in Cambrils and Benicasim; MIA?; Fate unknown
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 66 (ver ar gen can); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1032, ll. 33-38; (fl 539 says CP "cadre"; could have joined in Spain); Petrou; Our Boys in Spain
