Alternate name(s):
Udin
Uden
Stan
Sven
Nickname:
Svens
Date of birth:
Monday, 1 February 1909
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Swedish
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Port Arthur, Ontario
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1927
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-17 sailed
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Lieutenant; Section leader; Promoted to Sargento in May 1937, then to Teniente on 21 September 1937
Final status:
WIA; Hospitalized in September 1938; Survived; Returned to Sweden on 7 December 1938; Seems he had planned on coming back to Canada after visiting family in Sweden
Other:
Shot down two planes with a light machine gun
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 574, ll. 1-7; Momryk; Petrou
