Alternate name(s):
Jussi Holopainen(?); Erkki; Poikalainen
Date of Birth:
circa 1910
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
sailor
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-11-11 arrived
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Machine Gun Company; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status:
Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Finland 12 December 1938; Later returned to North America
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Listed as a deserter; Detained in Figueras
Sources:
Figueres List; Momryk; Petrou; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1021, ll. 21
