State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 00/09/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, suitably inscribed, to:
4th Bn. Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victorian Contingent) –
2209 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant James ELLIS
Presentation made by Mr W. Hall, M.P.
Ellis also received a purse containing 13 sovereigns.
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Benalla Standard, 3rd September 1901
Returned Soldier. — Yesterday week a welcome home was extended in the Mechanics' Hall, Goorambat, to Quartermaster Sergeant ELLIS. Mr T.R. Sharp occupied the chair, and there was a very large attendance. The chairman, in a neat speech. welcomed Quartermaster Sergeant ELLIS back again, and congratulated him on the rank which he had obtained while on service. Mr W. Hall presented him with a gold medal, suitably inscribed, and a purse containing 13 sovs., which was duly acknowledged by the recipient in a short but graceful speech. During the evening songs and recitations were rendered by Messrs Wellwood, Bert Hall, T. Roscoe, Frank Saunders, Sharp, Cullen and McPherson, after which a dance was held, the proceedings finally breaking up at 3 o’clock.
