War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 17, January 1, 1941 to January 31, 1941

The war diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. They contain the daily orders, correspondence, newsletters, and an intelligence log detailing troop activities, locations, and weather conditions. The war diaries detail the activities and movement of the 1st Battalion from training in Canada and England to active duty on the Western Front and their return to Victoria in January 1946. This diary was kept while at Debert Military Camp, Nova Scotia. It has entries about the troops returning from furlough, cold weather conditions, training, skating and playing hockey, their mascot K-9 Private Wallace a St. Bernard dog becoming the proud father of 10 pups with his "wife" a collie, a report of a civilian home near the camp being burned to the ground, concerts, a ping-pong tournament, a ski school, a case of scarlet fever, and traffic problems, among other activities and information.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Identifier
  • Vol. 17
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 14 pages
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 45.427555, -63.444325
Physical Repository Collection
  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
Provenance
  • Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Series 11. 3.19
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • April 3, 2019 to April 9, 2019
Technical note
  • Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
DOI

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