Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 04/08/1901
Number issued: 9
Gold Maltese crosses, to:
5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles –
Captain D. POLSON, D.S.O.
Lieutenant J.D. MANSON
2564 Sergeant Ernest HIGHT
2612 Corporal W.S. KAIN [Kaine]
2574 Trooper J.H. ATKINSON (K.I.A., Paardeberg, 29/04/1901 - memorial brooch presented to his mother)
2577 Trooper William BERRY
2580 Trooper Clarence F. BULL
2604 Trooper Albert Thomas HAWKINS [Hankins]
2637 Trooper Charles A. RAE
Presentation made at the Darfield School.
"Also a gold brooch, suitably inscribed, as a memorial, to Mrs Atkinson, mother of the late Trooper ATKINSON, who lost his life at Paardeburg, on April 29".
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Lyttelton Times, 5th August 1901
A "social" was tendered to the returned Troopers of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Contingents, at the Darfield School yesterday evening. The leading feature of the proceedings was the presentations of a gold Maltese cross, suitably inscribed to the following officers and troopers: — Captain D. POLSON, D.S.O., Lieutenant J. D. MANSON, Sergeant HIGHT, Corporal KAINE, Troopers RAE, BERRY, BULL and HANKINS, also a gold brooch, suitably inscribed, as a memorial, to Mrs Atkinson, mother of the late Trooper ATKINSON, who lost his life at Paardeburg, on April 29. The officers and troopers suitably replied. Songs were given by several ladies and gentlemen, and speeches by Revs Maxwell, Whitehead, and Reader, Lieutenant J. Deans, of the Malvern Mounted Rifles, and the Chairman, Mr Reed. Cheers were given for the troopers, and the committee, and a vote of thanks to the chairman brought the first part of the programme to a close. Supper was provided by the committee, after which dancing was engaged in.
Lyttelton Times, 28th September 1901
DARFIELD.
A Public Meeting of Subscribers to the Returned Troopers’ “Social” will be held in the Darfield Schoolroom on Thursday, 3rd October, at 8 p.m. Business: To receive balance-sheet, and to dispose of surplus. J. Cowan, Hon. Secretary.
