Finnish Soldiers' Cemetery Memorial site
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Used sources and references:
Lismanis, J. 1915-1920. In memory of battles and fallen soldiers: Memorial sites of the First World War and the Latvian Liberation Struggle. Riga: NIMS, 1999. 20 p.
Latvian Soldier, No. 249, 31.10.1938.
Tsiganovs, J. The Finnish “Northern Boys” Fights in Latvia. Tēvijas Sargs. No. 11, 2014.
In Matisene, Jaunauluksne parish, the cemetery of the brothers of the Finnish soldiers who fell in the LAC. Cemeteries and memorial sites of Latvian soldiers. Available: https://karavirukapi.blogspot.com
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