State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: 13/01/1900
Number issued: 1
Gold locket, suitably inscribed, to:
2nd Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
165 Private Arthur Ernest LANCASTER
Handed to him by his brother (Mr H. Lancaster), on the morning of his embarkation.
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Warragul Guardian, 26th January 1900
PRESENTATION TO A WARRAGUL VOLUNTEER.
FROM NEERIM RESIDENTS.
Private A. LANCASTER, who joined the second Victorian contingent as a member of the Warragul detachment V.M.R., was an old resident of the Neerim district, his relatives being amongst the earliest settlers of that locality. When it became known that he was included in the list of volunteers, some of the prominent residents of the township named organised a movement to present him with a suitable souvenir, as a mark of the esteem in which he was held throughout the district. The present took the form of a handsome gold locket, suitably inscribed, and the gift was handed to him by his brother (Mr H. Lancaster, of Neerim South) on the morning of the date on which the contingent sailed.
