Minutes of General Meeting North Beach RSL Sub-Branch 13th March 2023. MEETING OPENED at 17:00, President John Rolfe welcomed, 125 members and recited the Ode. HOMAGE FOR MARCH I take a moment to remind us of just one event from March in Australia’s military history. Twenty years ago, on 20 March 2003, a combined force…
MEETING OPENED at 17:00, Vice President Peter Bowring welcomed, 118 members and recited the Ode. HOMAGE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY I take a moment to remind us of events from Australian Military history that occurred during January and February. Early in 1941 Australia agreed that Allied troops would reinforce Dutch Timor (“Sparrow Force”), Ambon (“Gull…
Minutes of General Meeting North Beach RSL Sub-Branch 12th December 2022. MEETING OPENED at 17:00, President John Rolfe welcomed, 132 members and recited the Ode. HOMAGE FOR DECEMBER I take a moment to remind us of the significance of December in Australia’s military history On 7 December 1941 Lieutenant General Erwin Rommel was forced to…
MEETING OPENED at 17:00, President John Rolfe welcomed, once again, 107 members and recited the Ode. HOMAGE FOR NOVEMBER I take a moment to remind us of the significance of November in Australia’s military history On 1 November 1914 the first Australian and New Zealand contingent sailed from Albany, Western Australia, bound for Egypt. Only…
MEETING OPENED at 17:00, President John Rolfe welcomed 105 members and recited the Ode. HOMAGE FOR OCTOBER I take a moment to remind us of one story of sacrifice from Australia’s military history. On the morning of October 29, 1991, 5 RAAF aviators from 33 Squadron boarded “Wilberforce’, a 4 engine Boeing 707 at RAAF…
