Date of birth:
Saturday, 10 October 1896
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
business manager of the Daily Eteenpain; Carpenter
Hometown(s):
Mantiharju, Finland; New York City, United States
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1924 to the United States
Education:
Grammar school education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, 1925
Prior military experience:
Finnish Civil War: Served in Finnish Red Guard, was WIA and a POW
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Machine Gun Company, Section 1: Commissar
Final status:
KIA on 11 March 1938 at Azuara, Aragon during the retreats
Sources:
Cadre; Mac-Paps; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 455, ll. 92; 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 173; Finnish, K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939, translated by Matti A. Mattso
