Walter Forsman

Alternate name(s): 
Valter; Valdemar
Date of birth: 
Thursday, 14 June 1906
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Finnish
Hometown(s): 
Niipuri, Finland
Date of Immigration to Canada: 
1929
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Finland, 1930
Prior military experience: 
Fought with the Revolutionary Army in Finland, 1923; Served with Finnish Army II Bicycle Corps, 1926-27
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-11-10
Unit: 
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Company 1
Final status: 
Sick; Died on 27 July 1938 in Gandesa
Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1027, ll. 1-2; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff
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