Siberia Expedition Diary 03
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 on December 26th, 1918 when Elkington departed from Victoria, B.C. with the 16th Field Ambulance C.E.F Siberia and details his experiences during their expedition to and Vladivostok in Russia and their time fighting the Bolsheviks with an international team. 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:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Military history
- Canada. Canadian Army
- Allied Intervention in Soviet Union (Soviet Union : 1918-1920)
- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia)
- Voyages and travels
- Quests (Expeditions)
- Diplomatic relations
- Military participation--Canadian
- 1 diary (48 pages) ; 13 x 7.5 cm
- 60, 100
- 43.10562, 131.87353
- Handwritten in black ink. Notebook with damaged exterior holder for a pen or pencil attached to the spine. Bound in red faux leather paper separated from the page block.
- 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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