- Subject
- Drill and minor tactics, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Fortification, Field, War casualties, Intrenchments, Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th, Soldiers--Health and hygiene, Military supplies, Soldiers--Billeting, Military hygiene, Military history, Soldiers--Training of, Battle of Arras (Arras, France : 1918 August-September), World War (1914-1918), War diaries, Battle casualties, Soldiers--Social conditions, Canada. Canadian Army, Military camps, Trenches, Soldiers, Military decorations, War, Soldiers--Training, and Weather
- Creator
- Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- August 1, 1918 to August 31, 1918
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 24 pages ; 21 x 34 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- France--Somme-Boves, Western Front (World War (1914-1918)), and France--Somme--Parvillers-le-Quesnoy
- Coordinates
- 49.7466, 2.7395 and 49.84556, 2.39083
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- The 1918 diaries are 12 months in one bundle with a blue cover and with sub-bundles inside. Most diary pages are handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) paper; some are typewritten; some leaves are not on template pages, size...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Military History Collection
- Provenance
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections and Archives from BC Archives, May 2006.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- personal narratives, typescripts, manuscripts (documents), diaries, and journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2006-011
- Fonds Title
- 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds
- Fonds Identifier
- SC338
- Date Digitized
- 2025-03
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook A-300 600 DPI tiffs (gamma 1.20, no color correction) by PD. Metadata by KD.