Alternate name(s):
Matt
Date of birth:
Friday, 29 December 1905
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
carpenter
Hometown(s):
Port Arthur, Ontario
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Education:
8 years of formal education
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Prior military experience:
Finnish Army, Corporal
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-04 sailed
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Machine Gun Company Number 4, Section 2
Final status:
WIA; POW, possibly executed; Reported KIA 1 April 1938 at Gandesa during the Retreats
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 510. ll. 46; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 554, ll. 50; Momryk; Petrou; Our Boys in Spain
