Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Forces in training - Record Detail
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Forces in training. - WWI.
| Part Of: | Photo Collection [Description]
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| Description Level |
Item |
| Item No. |
IHP1907 |
| Date Range |
WWI |
| Title Source |
Formal title |
| Responsibility |
Thompson, Stuart, (Vancouver, BC) |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm |
| Scope & Content |
Photograph shows the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Forces in training in Queen's Park, New Westminster, B.C. The fisheries building (later Vagabond Playhouse/Bernie Legge Theatre) can be seen in the background. The Canadian Siberian Expeditionary troops were sent to secure logistics in post revolution/pre Communist Russia during WW1 to ensure safe trans-shipment of stockpiled supplies in Russian ports via the trans-Siberian rail road. |
| Subject Access |
Military | People - Men | Buildings - Civic |
| Geographic Location |
New Westminster (B.C.) | Queen's Park |
| Record ID |
20162 |
| Comment on this record |
museum@newwestcity.ca |