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North Beach RSL Sub-Branch

Locality: North Beach, Western Australia, Australia

Address: 7 Kitchener St, 6020 North Beach, WA, Australia

Website: http://northbeach-rsl.asn.au

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25.01.2022 From DJ McAttack

25.01.2022 Some light reading

21.01.2022 This should put a smile on ya face from a WA Polly

18.01.2022 One This Day 23 November 1948 Formation of the Australian Regiment, which became the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) in March 1949.... This month marks the anniversary of the formation of the 65th, 66th and 67th Battalions, later to become known as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment. The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. The birth of the Royal Australian Regiment dates back to a decision made by the Australian Government to raise a force for duties in Japan at the end of World War 2. Named the 34th Brigade, it was raised on 27 October 1945 from the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) drawn from the 6th, 7th and 9th Divisions which came under the command of Brigadier Robert Nimmo. The three battalions of the brigade were redesignated as the 65th, 66th and 67th Australian Infantry Battalions with an authorised total strength of 4,700 personnel. This included various supporting arms consisting of an artillery battery, squadron of engineers and an armoured car squadron. After a lengthy period of training on the island of Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, the 34th Brigade was deployed to Kure in Japan in February 1946, where it became part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). The Australian contribution made up approximately one third of the BCOF, while the other two thirds were provided by India, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The BCOF were the first to see the aftermath of Hiroshima and it was their responsibility to provide security around the elections and to enforce the armistice conditions in the Prefecture. The 65th Battalion was based at Fukuyama, the 66th at Hiro and the 67th at Kaitaichi. Following withdrawal of British and Indian forces from Japan throughout 1947, the 34th Brigade expanded its operations and became the basis of Australia’s post-war Regular Army. By June the bulk of the BCOF was Australian with a total of 6,250 personnel of the total 6,850 deployed. In October that year, New Zealand withdrew its forces and by 1948 Australian troops were withdrawn leaving just one Battalion, the 67th in Japan. When this decision was made, attention turned to the status of all three of the units and how best to redesignate them for Australia’s future defence needs. Despite the unit prestige and regimental spirit that had developed since October 1945, then commander of the 34th Brigade, Brigadier Ronald Hopkins, was concerned the three units would be without battle honours or colours. Consideration was therefore given to whether the battalions could be retained as separate regiments or be combined into one. It was subsequently decided to number the units as part of one large regiment and on 23 November 1948, the 65th, 66th, and 67th Battalions became the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Australian Regiment. On the 10 March 1949, Australia’s application to Britain to incorporate the title ‘Royal’ was approved, and thus all battalions became part of the Royal Australian Regiment. This new formation was fundamental to Australia’s post-World War II strategy of forming a permanent and professional army. The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) currently comprises seven battalions having peaked at nine battalions during Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The seven battalions are: 1 RAR, 2 RAR, 3 RAR, 5 RAR, 6 RAR, 7 RAR, and 8/9 RAR. The Regiment has provided units and individuals for virtually all Australian Defence Force deployments and operations since its formation. The first period of sustained operational service began with the Regiment’s deployment in Korea in 1950 and continued until withdrawal of combat units from Vietnam in 1972. These 22 years were arguably the most significant for the Regiment, with between one and three battalions involved in combat operations in South-East Asia at any one time. A second lengthy period of operational service commenced with the intervention in East Timor in 1999, and which became the first of many commitments for the Regiment that have continued to the present day. Approximately 85,000 personnel have served in the Royal Australian Regiment during this time, with casualties sustained on operations including 693 killed and over 3,000 wounded. For further information see following link/s: https://veteranssa.sa.gov.au//formation-of-the-royal-aust/ https://rarfoundation.org.au/about/regiment/ http://www.diggerhistory.info//rar-sasr/0-rar-cat-index.htm YouTube link/s: https://youtu.be/_Pe-WI6zDLU

16.01.2022 Our Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Chas Riley Reserve was a great success with the Sky Gods holding back the rain so that Local Residents & School Children could join our Members & Families to pay our respect's to the fallen & serving members of the Australian Defense Forces. The City of Stirling did a marvelous job getting the beautiful Red Anzac Roses to put on a great back drop to the day's proceedings. Mr. Barry Lloyd acted as our Master of Ceremonies ...& did an outstanding job, Reverend Marie Atkin delivered the Lord's Pray & our President Mr. John Rolfe recited the Ode & gave a rousing speech before handing over to Mr. Dave House our Memorial Warden who unveiled new plaques on our Wall of Remembrance. Thank you to all those that came, here are a few Photo's of the Day. LEST WE FORGET See more

14.01.2022 Our President Mr John Rolfe with Mr Robin Sweet represented the Sub Branch at the opening of the new Anzac House in Perth on Friday. Seems all the top Brass needed to be seen with the Pres

12.01.2022 A great historical photograph I had never seen

12.01.2022 New Bar for our Tankies