Alternate name(s):
Niemi
Date of birth:
Thursday, 8 October 1903
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
logger; lumber worker
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Kuorevesi (Mannta), Finland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 29 August 1890
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-03-01
Unit:
Almansa artillery training base; Joined Mackenzie Papineau Battalion on May 10, 1938; Soldado; Served in the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA July 26, 1938 at Gandesa; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Finland or Returned to Canada February 3, 1939, on the Duchess of Richmond; d. 1964
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 560, ll. 49; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1030, ll. 30-34; Petrou; Ancestry
