Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 04/07/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, to:
7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles –
4577 Trooper George VIAL
Presentation made during a social tendered by the Owaka Rifle Volunterers.
Obverse with recipient's monogram: "G.V."
Reverse: "Presented by the Owaka Rifle Volunteers to Trooper G. Vial on his return from the S.A. War, 4/6/02 [sic]".
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Clutha Leader, 11th July 1902
Trooper George VIAL, of the Seventh Contingent, was entertained at a social by the Owaka Rifle Volunteers on Friday evening, and presented with a gold medal inscribed: "Presented by the Owaka Rifle Volunteers to Trooper G. Vial on his return from the S.A. War, 4/6/02 [sic]". On the opposite side is the monogram G.V. Trooper Vial was in the Bothasberg affair.
EMBARKATION DATABASE
Surname: VIAL
Reg No: 4577
Given Names: George
Contingent: Seventh
Rank: Private
Unit: No 25 Company (Otago Section)
Joined from: Owaka Rifles
County/City: Clutha
Age: 25 years, 7 months
Occupation: Coachman
Ship: “Gulf of Taranto”, 6 April 1901
Address: Owaka, Otago
Next of Kin: Vial, Mrs
Next of Kin Address: Dunedin
Relationship to Soldier: Mother
