Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 26/10/1900
Number issued: 1
Gold mounted guard and Maltese cross, suitably inscribed, to:
5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles –
1692 Trooper Samuel TEMPLETON
Presentation made by Mr A. Holmes, on behalf of residents of the district.
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Western Star, 6th November 1900
Trooper Samuel TEMPLETON, of the Fifth Contingent, a returned invalid, son of Mr John Templeton, of Waimahaka, was on Friday evening presented by the residents of that district with a gold mounted guard and a Maltese cross. The following evening he was recipient of a patriotic address at the hands of the school children.
Otago Witness, 14th November 1900
On Friday, the 26th, the Waimahaka people gave Trooper Samuel TEMPLETON a welcome social, and presented him with an appropriately engraved Maltese cross and a shield scarf pin. Mr A. Holmes made the presentation. On Saturday he was presented with an address from the school children, read by Miss Williams.
EMBARKATION DATABASE
Surname: TEMPLETON
Reg No: 1692
Given Names: Samuel
Contingent: Fifth
Rank: Private
Unit: No 15 Company (Otago Section)
Joined from: none
County/City: Southland
Age: 21 years, 6 months
Occupation: Coach Driver
Ship: “Gymeric”, 31 March 1900
Address: Waimahaka, Southland
Next of Kin: Templeton, Mr John and Mrs Mary
Next of Kin Address: Waimahaka, Southland (same)
Relationship to Soldier: father and mother
