伝記
When he had recuperated from his war injuries, he returned to Toronto to complete his medical degree.
軍歴
In 1914 he served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 Field Ambulance as a stretcher-bearer in France.
He was wounded by shrapnel and spent three months recovering in an English hospital. (He was released.) He was appointed as a Surgeon RN (With seniority dated 15/04/1917).
He was appointed as a Surgeon Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 15/04/1917).
In 1916-1919 he served in the Royal Naval Hospital Chatham. (He was released 1919.) Hserved with Loyalist forces during the Spanish Civil War.
He served with the Communist Party of China's Eighth Route Army.
命名された地物
Walk of Canadians – In memory of aid from the people of Canada at the hands of Norman Bethune, provided to the refugees of Málaga in February 1937". Statues in his honor can be found in cities throughout China. The city of Montreal, Quebec, has created a public square and erected a statue of him in his honor.
逸話
He was first to introduce the mobile blood bank to the battlefield, where he performed countless blood transfusions in the midst of heavy fighting.
