State: New South Wales, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 22/08/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, suitably inscribed, to:
New South Wales Contingent (unknown unit) –
??? Private J. MILLER
Presentation made during the annual Fourth Regiment Band dinner, at the Grand Hotel, Newcastle.
Private Miller was an ex-bandsman.
Note: the article makes no mention of service in South Africa or why this medal was presented. It may not be ABW-related.
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Maitland Daily Mercury, 23rd August 1901
LOCAL AND GENERAL ITEMS.
Fourth Regiment Band Dinner.
The third annual dinner of the Fourth Infantry Regiment Band was held at the Grand Hotel, Newcastle, last evening, and passed off pleasantly. Lieutenant-Colonel Ranclaud. District Commandant, presided, and there were also present — Major Waddy (Morpeth), and Captain Paton (Fourth Infantry), Lieutenant-Colonel Kirkcaldy (Artillery), and about forty members of the band. Loyal and appropriate toasts were honoured, and an excellent programme of music was rendered. Miss Dora Ranclaud was presented with a gold bar brooch on behalf of the officers and men of the regiment, in recognition of her valuable assistance to the band at concerts. The brooch had engraved on it the crest and motto of the band, the musical stave, and tba recipient's monogram. The four boys of the band— Leslie McGLINN (West Maitland), Arthur OLIVER, Frank KITTSON, and Archie RANCLAUD, were each presented with a set of gold sleeve links, while Private J. MILLER (an ex-bandsman) was the recipient of a gold medal, suitably inscribed. Colonel Ranclaud referred to the steady attention paid to the band practices, and the progress they were making; and Mr W.G. Bently, the conductor of the band, also referred to the splendid progress, and added that they were likely to become experts.
