State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: bef. 01/09/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold cross pendant, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
964 Private William John BLAIR
Subscribed for by members of the Hibernian Society, Casterton.
Private Blair received a second gold medal from the inhabitants of Bahgallah.
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Melbourne Argus, 1st September 1902
PRESENTATION TO RETURNED SOLDIERS.
CASTERTON.
Trooper John BLAIR was presented by the Hibernian Society with a gold cross pendant, in recognition of his services as a member of the Fifth Contingent, in South Africa. Rev. Father O’Neill presided.
