State: New South Wales, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 06/02/1901
Number issued: 2
Gold medals, to:
"E" Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Rifles –
108 Private Sidney Henry SAXELBY
"A" Battery, Royal Australian Artillery –
2910 Driver Thomas ROSSI
Presentation made by Lieutenant J.W. Barton, in the Carrington Hall, Wallerawang.
Private Saxelby received a second gold medal from the inhabitants of Lithgow.
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Sydney Daily Telegraph, 8th February 1901
WALLERAWANG, Thursday.
Last night, at Carrington Hall, Driver ROSSI, of “A” Battery, and Private SAXELBY, of the Mounted Rifles, were entertained at a smoke social. Lieutenant J.W. Barton occupied the chair. ROSSI and SAXELBY were presented with gold medals, as a memento of their experiences.