Alternate name(s):
Merisalo, Eino; Narisola, EinarEmar; Salo; Murisola; Nurisola; Nurisoal; Nurisalo; Einer; Einar; Einad; Matti; Einari; Alexius; Aleksis
Date of birth:
Friday, 19 May 1905
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
lumberjack; carpenter
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario; Kalvia, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Education:
public school, 4 years; lumberjack since 13
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1932
Prior military experience:
Finnish Army Artillery
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-05-10 on Ciudad de Barcelona
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Edgar Andre Unit; Toivo Antikainen Machine Gun Company; second gunner
Final status:
WIA; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada September 16, 1938 from Liverpool on the Duchess of Bedford; d. 1943
Sources:
Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; RGASPI F. 545, Opis 6, Delo 1030, ll. 35 (fiche); Our Boys in Spain
