Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 01/03/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold guard & pendant, suitably inscribed, to:
2nd New Zealand Mounted Rifles –
499 Trooper Arthur Robert FEAR (invalided, 13/12/1900)
Presentation made by Mr Winsloe, on behalf of the residents of Woodend.
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Canterbury Press, 13th February 1901
A successful social was given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Woodend, on Friday, to welcome home Trooper FEAR, invalided from South Africa. Mr J. Dampier Crossley occupied the chair. A most substantial cake and sandwich tea was provided by the ladies of the district, and to which about 200 sat down. The hall was tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, one of the flags being a Boer flag commandeered by Trooper FEAR in South Africa. The following toasts were given: — "The King" and "Our Guest", by the Chairman; "Defence Forces", by Lieutenant d'Auvergne, replied to by Lieutenant F. Horrell; "British Forces in South Africa", by Lieutenant Winsloe, replied to by Troopers Morris, Johnston, and FEAR; "The Ladies", by Mr Shilton, replied to by Mr Geo. McDonald. Songs were given by Miss Horrell, Miss Palmar and Miss Fear, Messrs Solomon, Leggett, and Bennett, and recitations by Messrs Ayers and Holland. The tables were cleared about ten, and dancing kept up to early in the morning.
Canterbury Press, 4th March 1901
At Woodend on Friday Mr Winsloe, on behalf of the residents, presented Trooper FEAR with an engraved gold guard and pendant on his return from South Africa.
EMBARKATION DATABASE
Surname: FEAR
Reg No: 499
Given Names: Arthur Robert
Contingent: Second
Rank: Private
Unit: No 2 Company [nos 3 and 4 companies]
Joined from: Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry (Private, 2 yrs)
County/City: Ashley
Age: 21 years, 10 months
Occupation: Labourer
Ship: “Waiwera”, 20 January 1900
Address: Woodend, Canterbury
Next of Kin: Fear, Mrs Georgina
Next of Kin Address: Woodend, Canterbury (same)
Relationship to Soldier: mother
