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ANZAC Day – Tuesday 25th April 2023 - Committee Report
ANZAC Day 2023 in our club was another great success thanks to the many volunteers; from breakfast, fundraising, entertainment, crowd control, and clean-up and of course our great staff who were all run off their feet all day.
Thanks to our member, The Honourable, Josh Willie, MLC who provided us with a truly stirring and thought-provoking address at the main Service.
ANZAC Day Address – Tuesday 25th April 2023 - Address by Josh Willie MLC
Australians are well versed in the ANZAC story, as demonstrated by your presence here today. Thank you for coming to remember the courage of those who have served. Before dawn on the 25th April 1915, the brave souls of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on a foreign soil on the shores of the Gallipoli peninsular.
The men were part of a British and French led invasion. The Allies mission was to destroy Turkish guns that were preventing naval ships from reaching and bombarding the Turkish capital, Constantinople. If they succeeded, Türkiye might be forced out of the war and Germany would lose an important ally.
Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge 2023 – Sunday 5th March 2023
The Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge which is the major fundraising event for the Lenah Valley RSL welfare fund, was held on Sunday 5th March 2023.
The Challenge is held in March each year at the Claremont Golf Club and is an 18 hole Ambrose event.
Visit by Guy Barnett MP, Minister for Veterans Affairs
The Lenah Valley RSL (LVRSL) was delighted to receive a visit from Guy Barnett MP, Minister for Veterans Affairs on Tuesday 17 January, 2023.
Minister Barnett, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs launched the 2022-23 `Teddy' Sheean Memorial Grants Program - Round 2, noting that applications are now open.
Remembrance Day 2022 - Friday 11th November 2022
Remembrance Day, commemorating the signing of the Armistice that ended World War 1 at 11am on 11 November 1918 was again attended by over a 100 people in 2022.
Chaplain Paul Crennan delivered the opening (and closing) prayers and LVRSL Secretary Josh Weir recited the Ode.
Noel Hunt played the Last Post and the Rouse.
Remembering our Past Members Who Were Prisoners of War (POW)
A number of LVRSL former members were prisoners of war. In the main, these men were members of the 2/40 Australian Infantry Battalion which was made up of mainly of Tasmanian Servicemen with some members also from Victoria.
A list of LVRSL past members, who were POW’s and/or members of the 2/40 Battalion follows below (although we acknowledge that the list is likely incomplete):
ANZAC Day 2022 at Rosary Gardens
The tradition continued on ANZAC Day (2022) at Rosary Gardens in Creek Road New Town with a morning service conducted by Peter Dane and attended by Don Ryan.
The tradition commenced not long after Southern Cross Care (Tas) Inc. acquired Rosary Gardens from the State government in 1994.
ANZAC Day 2022 - We Haven't Forgotten.........
We thought that last ANZAC Day 'may well have been the best attended in the Club’s history'. We weren't quite correct. Attendances at both the Dawn Service and the Main Service in 2022 exceeded those of last year and reflected what took place across the country.
ANZAC Day Address - 25 April 2022
What does it mean to say Lest we forget? The ode to the fallen that we recite on this day each year ends with those three words. When the monuments to the fallen were put up across our nation, those words were carved on them in stone. ‘Lest’ is an old word, almost lost to our language today. It means ‘for fear that’ we forget. This monument, this ceremony, this day exists lest we forget. These are not soft words. They are not a vague promise that we mumble on this day each year so that, our remembrance duty done, we can move on with our lives. There is a reason they are carved in stone. These words take us by the shoulders and shake us. They are history’s index finger pushed into our chests, a reminder of our duty as the beneficiaries of their bravery that we must never forget them.
Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge 2022
The Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge which is the major fundraising event for the Lenah Valley RSL welfare fund, was held on Sunday 6 March 2022.
The Challenge, first held in 2011, occurs in March each year at the Claremont Golf Club and is an 18 hole Ambrose event.