Cherkov Naval Cemetery, Vladivostok.

While Canadian soldiers were not involved in a combative role, the Siberian Expedition claimed the lives of 19 men through disease, accident, and the elements. After much deliberation, it was agreed that no bodies would be repatriated. Instead, a monument was erected on 1 June 1919 in the Cherkov Naval Cemetery, Vladivostok to commemorate the 19 men by name.

By June 1919, public opinion of the Expedition only worsened. It was widely believed that Canadians had no business interfering in Russia’s internal affairs. Despite the controversy surrounding it at the time, the disastrous and failed campaign ultimately faded from Canadian public memory.