State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: 10/02/1901
Number issued: 2
Gold mascots/medals, suitably inscribed, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
Veterinary-Lieutenant Samuel SHERLOCK
1372 Private Charles BUNNEY
Presentation made by Mr Mark Brody (Secretary of the Frankston Fire Brigade).
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Melbourne Age, 11th February 1901
Several presentations were made in camp today. Veterinary-Lieutenant SHERLOCK and Private BUNNY were presented with gold medals from the Frankston fire brigade and band, and Company Quartermaster-Sergeant SARKIE received a gold locket from the Collingwood Working Men’s Club, and a smoker’s companion from the Army Service Corps.
Mornington Standard, 14th February 1901
The fifth (and to be hoped the last) Victorian contingent for South Africa leave our shores tomorrow, the horses being already despatched. Vet.-Lieut. SHERLOCK is in charge of one boat of horses. On Sunday last, on behalf of the Frankston fire brigade, Mr Mark Brody (secretary) presented Lieut. SHERLOCK with a mascotte in the shape of a gold engraved and handsomely chased medal. Private BUNNEY was also the recipient of a similar token of esteem on behalf of the brigade and band. The presentation was made and couched in very eulogistic terms.
