Alternate name(s):
Antilla; Aneilla
Date of birth:
Friday, 7 June 1895
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
carpenter
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; born in Vampula, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1926
Political affiliation:
May have been affiliated with the Communist Party of Canada
Prior military experience:
Finnish Red Guards
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-18 arrived
Unit:
Washington Battalion, Machine Gun Company; Served at Brunete, Aragon and Fuentes de Ebro
Final status:
WIA at Fuentes; MIA between 10 and 17 March 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 1939
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1026, ll. 7; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541 and 39 (says no party); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Our Boys in Spain. R; fl 538; AES; Family member - Pekka Anttila. He is also mentioned in the book Elämän ristiaallokoissa/OTAVA 1974 written by Aatto Haapanen
