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 training, inspections, preparing and packing to move the battalion by train, the battalion being on board the HMT Stratheden which is part of a convoy of ships and destroyers travelling together, a 20:00 hrs blackout each evening on board the ship, the men getting used to being on board some getting sea sick, 50 cigarettes given to each man donated by the Department of National Defense, and preparing for landing, among other activities and information.

In Collection:

• Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Army
• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
• World War (1939-1945)
• War diaries

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Vol. 24

Date created

• August 1, 1941 to August 31, 1941

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 12 pages

Geographic Coverage

• Atlantic Ocean
• Nova Scotia--Debert Military Camp

Coordinates

• 45.427555, -63.444325
• 10, -25

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

Provenance

• Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• journals (accounts)

Archival item identifier

• Series 11. 3.19

Fonds title

• Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC021

Is referenced by

• Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds

Date digitized

• April 3, 2019 to April 9, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/g065-w221

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