Munro, Douglas (Sub Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.?)

Places	Asia: Russia Asia: Russia, Rostov, Novocherkassk Europe: Black Sea Europe: Ukraine, Crimea, Kerch Europe: Ukraine, Crimea, Sevastopol
Accession Number	1DRL/0527
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type	Diary
Maker	Munro, Douglas
Date made	unknown
Access	Open
Conflict	North Russia, 1919
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

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.

History / Summary

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.