State: New South Wales, Australia
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: 16/01/1900
Number issued: 1
Gold pendant, suitably inscribed, to:
Send-off to Mr May.
At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning a number of his old schoolmates — including Messrs T. Tasker, J. Pennycuick, C. Leifermann, and J. Watson — met at the local public school for the purpose of presenting Mr Mavon John MAY with a souvenir prior to his departure to join the Bushmen's Contingent. The present took the form of an inscribed gold pendant, and was presented to the hero of the hour by the schoolmaster — Mr H.J. Brown — who took advantage of the occasion to compliment Mr MAY on his past honourable career and wish him God speed and a safe return. Messrs T. Tasker, J. Pennycuick, and T.M. Shakespeare also spoke, after which Mr MAY suitably replied. In doing so he said he felt it was the duty, as much as at present the privilege, of everyone to offer their services to help defend the empire to which we belong. Three cheers for Mr MAY brought the proceedings to a close.
A short while afterwards, and just prior to his boarding the train, Mr G.C. Driffield, on behalf of a number of Mr MAY's acquaintances, presented him with a smoker's outfit.
