State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 12/07/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold shield & albert, suitably inscribed, to:
3rd Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent –
546 Private Shelley HARRIS
Presentation made by Mr J.O. Hughes.
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Melbourne Argus, 16th July 1901
QUEENSTOWN.
On Friday evening last Trooper S. HARRIS of the third Victorian contingent, who arrived from South Africa recently by the Morayshire, was presented with a gold albert chain and shield, suitably inscribed, at a social tendered to him as a welcome home. Mr J.O. Hughes was chairman, and made the presentation, and his remarks were endorsed by the Rev. J. Francis. Trooper HARRIS, in returning thanks, gave a thrilling account of his experiences in South Africa, and particularly of the siege of the convoy at Elands River.
