Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 18/07/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal & albert, to:
4th New Zealand Rough Riders –
Captain John PRINGLE
Subscibed for by members of the 4th New Zealand Mounted Rifles.
Presentation made at Otaki.
Captain Pringle also received a hunting crop from the Otaki troopers of the 4th N.Z.R.R.
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Wellington Evening Post, 19th July 1901
The formal reception of Captain PRINGLE, Quartermaster-Sergt. MASON, and some eight other members of the Fourth Contingent representing the Otaki district, took place at Otaki yesterday. The returned men were met at the railway station by Mr W.H. Field, M.H.R., and the members of the Reception Committee. Mr Field, in addressing the troopers, complimented them on the good work they had done and on behalf of the Otaki people welcomed them back. He specially complimented Captain PRINGLE, and said he had earned the general reputation of being a skillful officer, a brave soldier, and a kind and true friend to all who have had the privilege of serving under him. After a light luncheon at the railway station a procession was formed by the Otaki Mounted Rifles, the Otaki Native Band, and a very large number of the residents in traps, on horseback, and on foot, to the well-known Otaki Māori Church, where a thanksgiving service was conducted by the Rev. Messrs. McWilliam and Pargiter, after which the troops were dismissed and separated among their friends. Captain PRINGLE was presented with a gold albert chain and medal by the Fourth Contingent, and also received a hunting-crop from the Otaki troopers. A banquet will be given the returned men at the Jubilee Hotel tomorrow night, and a "social" at the Otaki hall on Tuesday next.
EMBARKATION DATABASE
Surname: PRINGLE (4th N.Z.R.R.)
Reg No: n/a
Given Names: John
Contingent: Fourth
Rank: Captain
Unit: No 7 Company
Joined from: 12 Mounted Rifles (Heretaunga)
County/City: Horowhenua
Age: 36
Occupation: Saddler
Ship: “Gymeric”, 31 March 1900
Address: Otaki
Next of Kin: Pringle, Mr Alexander
Next of Kin Address: Lower Hutt, Wellington
Relationship to Soldier: Father
Surname: PRINGLE (8th N.Z.M.R.)
Reg No: n/a
Given Names: John
Contingent: Eighth
Rank: Captain
Unit: Nouth Island Battalion, “A” Company - Regimental Staff
Previous service: Capt J. Pringle, 4th N.Z.R.R.
County/City: Hutt
Age: 39
Occupation: Saddler
Ship: “Cornwall”, 8 February 1902
Address: Lower Hutt, Wellington
Next of Kin: Pringle, Mrs Alexander
Next of Kin Address: Lower Hutt, Wellington
Relationship to Soldier: Mother
