Alternate name(s):
Erimo; Nino; Eno; Junklan; Yunkala; Junkla; Junkola
Date of birth:
Saturday, 18 June 1910
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
pulp cutter; trapper
Hometown(s):
Sudbury, Ontario; Kaanus, Finland
Education:
Elementary and commercial education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-07-08 sailed
1937-08-06 arrived
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 3, Section 1; Served at Aragon, Teruel and the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
Hospitalized in Benicassim in February 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Served in Canadian Army during World War II; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association in 1977; Died 25 May 1979
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 510. ll. 47; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1027, ll. 82-84; and RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 554, ll. 54; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Our Boys in Spain; Hoff
