![Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion / Library and Archives Canada / PA-066996 John Norum](https://spanishcivilwar.ca/sites/spanishcivilwar.ca/files/styles/volunteer_photo/public/Norum-John_MIKAN-3219495.jpg?itok=O2pARZjS)
Date of Birth:
circa 1902
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Norwegian
Profession:
labourer
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1929
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-17
Unit:
One of forty Canadians transferred into the Abraham Lincoln Battalion on June 5, 1937
Final status:
WIA September 1937 Belchite; Died in hospital
Sources:
List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 51, ll. 134 on transfer to the Lincolns; Momryk; Petrou