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Diary of Low Elliot [textual record]

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Date:

1914.

Reference:

R2101-0-7-E, MG30-E246, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102595

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Diary of Low Elliot
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Date(s):

1914.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 cm of textual records (19 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is a personal diary of events, from 26 September to 19 October 1914, aboard R.M.S. LAURENTIC, one of the ships transporting the first Canadian contingent to Britain. The diary takes the form of a handwritten letter, addressed to Elliott's friends, Mr. and Mrs. Syd Askew of Montreal.

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Elliott, Low

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Elliott, Low

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Elliott, Low : Low Elliott was a junior engineer officer aboard R.M.S. LAURENTIC during World War I. He was presumed killed when the LAURENTIC was sunk, as an armed merchant cruiser, later in the war.

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General note:

Received in 1973 from Mrs. Richard Holliday of Ottawa, Ont., through the Directorate of History, D.N.D.
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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Soldiers Canada

Soldats Canada
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Private

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MG30-E246
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Volume [MG30 E 246] 1

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