Education
McGill University; University of Oxford.
McGill University; University of Oxford.
He was eliminated in the preliminary rounds of all his individual events. Bourne trained in track and field athletics and water polo before focusing on swimming. In 1927 he entered McGill University in Montreal, and graduated in 1931 with degrees in English and political science.
He returned to McGill in 1935 to study for a medical degree, which he received in 1937.
During World World War II, Bourne served in the Canadian Army and was honourably discharged with the rank of major. Afterward he worked as a doctor and was inducted into the McGill Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.