Date of birth:
Monday, 3 March 1890
Marital status:
single; divorced
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
medical doctor
Hometown(s):
Gravenhurst, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec
Education:
university graduate, medical school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Prior military experience:
World War I, stretcher bearer
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1936-10-24 left
1936-11-03 arrived
Unit:
Medical Unit, led the Servicio canadiense de transfusión de sangre
Final status:
Survived; Died 12 November 1939 in Tang County, Hebei, China serving in the Communist Party of China directed Eighth Route Army
Sources:
NAC, M-P Collection, Dent, V. 2, F. 12, Subject Files, Bethune, Norman: Press Clippings, magazine articles, 1937, 1975-79; RGASP Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 542; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Findagrave; Dictionary of Canadian Biography; Hoff
