Munro, Douglas (Sub Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.?) Accession Number: 1DRL/0527

Description

Collection relating to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War service of Sub-Lieutenant Douglas Munro, HMAS 'Swan', Royal Australian Navy, Russia, 1918. Collection contains typescript copies of entries from the diary of Sub-Lieutenant Douglas Munro during the mission to southern Russia of the HMAS 'Swan', Royal Australian Navy and the French destroyer 'Bisson', Russia, December 1918. The is diary entitled 'Diary of the mission to the Don country, 1918'. The entries cover the period 4-15 December 1918.

Contextual Description

The Allied Mission to the Don Republic. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Cossacks, who were defending their country in the eastern corner of the Ukraine against the Bolsheviks. HMAS Swan and the French destroyer Bisson conveyed the members of the Mission.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0527
Maker
Sub Lieutenant Douglas Munro
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
unknown
Place Made
Unknown
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
2
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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