Medals Awarded to Bertram Armytage

Mr. Armytage was a wealthy man. He was 41 years of age, and married, his wife being a sister of Mrs. George Chirnside. She is at present in London. He had a daughter, four years of age. He has always been a most energetic man and was proud of his great muscular strength. One of the aims of his life was "to keep fit." He seems to have longed for something definite to do. He was a splendid shot, and has roamed the world in search of sport. It was this that drew him from a deer-stalking expedition in New Zealand to join the Shackleton Antarctic expedition three years ago. He was a great success with the expedition, earning the praises and confidence both of his chief and his comrades. He was however, a most reticent man, shy and diffident and subject to all kinds of varying moods.