State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 16/05/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold medal/locket & chain, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
1612 Private William Albert KEMMIS [Kennies]
Presentation made at the Banyena Mechanics' Institute.
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Melbourne Argus, 21st May 1902
WELCOMES HOME.
AVON PLAINS. – A welcome home was tendered to Private W.A. KEMMIS, of the Fifth Contingent, on Friday, at the Banyena Mechanics’ Institute. He was presented with a gold albert and medal.
Melbourne Age, 29th May 1902
ST. ARNAUD. – Trooper J. WALTON, of Yeungroon, has been entertained at a welcome social, and presented with a gold chain and locket. Private W.A. KENNIES [sic], of Avon Plains, has been similarly honored. Sergeant-Major KNIGHTS, of the Fifth Contingent, who recently returned from South Africa, has been entertained at a welcome social by Gre Gre village residents, and also presented with a gold locket, suitably inscribed.
