Alternate name(s):
Veikkola
Verkkola
Veikola
Weikkala
Weina
Wainp
Date of Birth:
circa 1894
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Finnish
Profession:
carpenter
Hometown(s):
Sudbury, Ontario; Port Arthur, Ontario
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 27 January 1923
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-14 arrived
Unit:
Special Brigade; Served with Partisans for three months on the Cordoba Front; Censor office
Final status:
Sick with fever; Returned to Canada on 5 June 1938 on the Duchess of Richmond; Survived
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 574, ll. 30; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
