Siberia Expedition Diary 01
This diary was kept by Elkington while he served in the Canadian Expedition Force (Siberia) who were mobilized alongside a dozen Allied armies in a bid to defeat Lenin’s Bolsheviks. It begins with a list of names and addresses, a list of the duties of an orderly sergeant and what time of day they should be accomplished, and an alphabetical list of men in the B Section. Then diary lists the daily activities and experiences of the men on the expedition beginning on February 18th, 1915 to April 15th, 1918. The diary concludes with lists of money owing and debts. Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Henry William Elkington, M.D. served during World War I and II with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Army Medical Corps, and the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Elkington was also part of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (C.S.E.F.) sent to Vladivostok during the Russian Revolution.
- In Collection:
- World War (1914-1918)
- Quests (Expeditions)
- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
- Military participation--Canadian
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Canada. Canadian Army
- Diplomatic relations
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia)
- Allied Intervention in Soviet Union (Soviet Union : 1918-1920)
- Military history
- Voyages and travels
- 1 diary (34 pages) ; 12 x 6.5 cm
- 60, 100
- 43.10562, 131.87353
- Leather (?) hardcover metalic six ring binder. Handwritten in black ink. Inside back cover says "I-P Memo Book, Patented Dec. 20, 1904, Dec. 19, 1909(?), No. 101 1/2, Irving-Pitt Mfg. Co., Kansas City, MO".
- 20th Century Manuscripts Collection
- Gift of Diana McKay, June 2010.
- Accession Number: 2011-018
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/eric-elkington-collection
- March 2025
- Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file and PDF by MT. Metadata by KD.
- Rights
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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