ID: 20023
Born west
Date of birth : 1916
Place of birth : Gimli
Date of death : 1943
Júlíus Björn Jónsson was born on January 4, 1916 in New Iceland. He died in 1943 in World War II. He had the last name Johnson in the west.
Unmarried and childless.
Júlíus was the son of Jón Björnsson and Jósefbína Jósefsdóttir who came west to Manitoba in 1892. He grew up in New Iceland, attended school in Gimli and worked as a fisherman on Lake Winnipeg. He joined the Canadian Air Force in August 1940 and fought in Europe.