State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: 12/02/1901
Number issued: 1
Diamond locket, suitably inscribed, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
1186 Private William [Willie] Graham CONNAL
Presentation made by Mr W.P. Mason, at Ritchie's Coffee Palace.
Private Connal also received a Webley revolver, silver-mounted spirit flask, field glasses, wristwatch, compass, "Captain's ring", suitably inscribed, two silver matchboxes, gold-mounted "Siberian pebble", gold locket, fountain pen, and silver-bound indelible pencil.
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Mornington Standard, 21st February 1901
At their own request a number of friends of William Graham CONNAL, of Frankston and East Melbourne, met at Ritchie's Coffee Palace last Tuesday week to wish him bon voyage, good luck, and a safe return to his native land, also to present him with a few mementos prior to his departure for South Africa as a private with the Fifth Contingent. Mr W.P. Mason, who acted as spokesman, on behalf of "Willie's" intimate friends presented him with a diamond locket, suitably inscribed, and on behalf of personal friends with a Webley revolver, case, and ammunition, silver mounted spirit flask, field glasses, 2 morocco-bound pocket books, wrist band and watch, compass, Captain's ring with suitable inscription, 2 silver match-boxes; gold-mounted Siberian pebble, gold locket, 1000 "Louis -Cohen" cigarettes, fountain pen, and silver-bound indelible pencil.
