Alternate name(s):
Niemi
Date of birth:
Thursday, 8 October 1903
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
driver
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Port Arthur, Ontario; Kuorevesi, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Political affiliation:
Communist Party, 1932
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-10-25
1937-11-11 - arrived via Massanet
Unit:
Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Toivo Antikainen Machine Gun Company; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Fate unknown: Reported KIA December 1937; Or shot for desertion
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Accused of deserting; Court martialed and shot by the International Brigades squad, 22 April 1938 at Tarragona
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1030, ll. 29; Momryk; Petrou; Our Boys in Spain
