In memory of

Sergeant

Norman Adolf Severson

who died on 31 Oct 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Dragoons
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number L54812
  Date of death 19441031
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L54812 Sergeant (Royal Canadian Dragoons) Norman Adolf Severson (b.1919) of Edam was KIA 19441031 north of Bologna and is buried at Gradara war cemetery, Pesaro, Italy. Severson was mentioned in despatches posthumously. He was the son of Nels and Olga Severson who came from North Dakota to homestead SW26-49-19-W3 northeast of Edam in 1908. Norman attended Picnic Lake school and was farming on his own when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 469 - Turtle River
  Cemetery or memorial location Gradara war cemetery, Pesaro, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) Edam
  Geo-memorial Severson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.0833°N / 104.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A1
  Geo-memorial details West of Brabant Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19191129
  Place of birth Edam    
  Date of enlistment 19410728
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Edam    
  Occupation farmer
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