Toivo Ryynanen

Alternate name(s): 

Ryyanen; Ryynianen

Date of birth: 

Monday, 21 May 1917

Marital status: 

single

Ethnicity/Nationality: 

Canadian; Finnish

Profession: 

chauffeur; lumber worker; miner

Hometown(s): 

Sunshine, Ontario; Port Arthur, Ontario

Political affiliation: 

Communist Party of Canada; Young Communist League

Affiliations to union and social groups: 

Finnish Organization of Sunshine; International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers

Approximate date arrived in Spain: 

1937-06-25 departed?

1937-08-15 arrived

Unit: 

Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Machine Gun Company

Final status: 

KIA October 1938 at Ebro or fatally wounded in aerial bombing at Teruel

Sources: 

Figueres List; Hoar says KIA on the Ebro; Momryk; Petrou; Our Boys in Spain