State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: n/a
Date of presentation: bef. 14/03/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold locket, to:
1st Victorian Mounted Infantry Company [1st Victorian Contingent] –
78 Private John BROOKS
Presented by the family of Lieutenant James Clarke ROBERTS, V.M.R., for rescuing their relative after he had been mortally wounded at Pink Hill, Rensburg, 13/02/1900.
Inscribed: “From relatives of Lieutenant Roberts, in appreciation of kindness and bravery shown during action in South Africa”.
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Melbourne Argus, 14th March 1901
In appreciation of the bravery shown by Private John BROOKS, of Mansfield, at Rensburg, South Africa, in rescuing Lieutenant ROBERTS, of Nathalia, after he had been mortally wounded, the relations of the deceased officer presented him with a gold locket, bearing the following inscription: – “From relatives of Lieutenant Roberts, in appreciation of kindness and bravery shown during action in South Africa”.
