Contains a ring bound transcript of the Diary of W.E. Short.

Contains a photocopied typescript of a transcript of W.E. Short's diary.

Contains one exercise book used as a diary by W.E. Short from 1915-1917, recorded in ink, ruled, with numbered pages and daily entries. Includes details of daily life in the trenches, training activities, weather, places billeted, battle details, camp events and leisure activities, parades and marches, and the difficulties of procuring rations and mail.

Contains one exercise book used by W.E. Short as a diary from 1917-1919, recorded in ink, ruled, and with daily entries. Includes details relating to daily life in the trenches, training activities, weather, places billited, battle details, camp events and leisure activities, parades and marches, the difficulties of procuring rations and mail, a Battalion daily schedule, and end of war activities.

Fonds consists of material relating to the wartime activities and experiences of William E. Short, a soldier with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France during WWI. It contains two manuscript diaries kept by William Edward Short from 1915 to 1919, as well as two transcripts (typescript, computer output).