State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: abt. 14/02/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold locket, suitably engraved, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
829 Private Joseph Mount RICHARDS
Subscribed for by fellow members of the Northern District Cycling Club, North Carlton
Presentation made prior to his emarkation on 15/02/1901
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Melbourne Age, 19th February 1901
Corporal Joseph RICHARDS, of Canning Street, North Carlton, son of Mr J. Richards, manager Cecil Rhodes Gold Mining Company, Kyneton, who has left with the Fifth Contingent for South Africa, was presented with a gold ring, with a ruby setting, by Patterson, Shugg and Co., engravers, Elizabeth Street, and their employees, as a token of their esteem and good wishes; also a gold locket from the Northern District Cycling Club, suitably engraved. These were feelingly acknowledged by the recipient at meetings held prior to his departure.
Letterhead of the Northern District Cycling Club, Pidgeon Street, North Carlton, Victoria
