State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 00/06/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, to:
3rd Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent –
625 Sergeant William Henry ESSEX
Subscribed for by fellow members of the local branch of the Australian Natives Association.
Essex also received a tribute medal from the people of Wycheproof.
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Melbourne Argus, 1st July 1901
WYCHEPROOF.
A smoke night was tendered to Sergeant ESSEX and Trooper McPHERSON, who have just returned from the war, by the local branch of the A.N.A. Sergeant ESSEX, who is a member of the branch, was presented with a gold medal.
