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Lakemba RSL sub-Branch

Locality: Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 410 488 902

Address: 26 Quigg Street Lakemba, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 For actions performed on this day in 2010 Corporal Daniel Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross. During an ambush by a large Taliban force at Derapet, in Afgh...anistans Tangi Valley, Corporal Keighran deliberately and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to draw attention away from a mortally wounded comrade Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney. Throughout the long action his bravery assisted the patrol to return accurate fire and to successfully withdraw without further casualties. Corporal Keighrans Victoria Cross, on loan to the Memorial, is on display in the Hall of Valour. Learn more: http://ow.ly/yuti50B6S1D Photo: P10927.001

24.01.2022 4/3 RNSWR conducted the Commanding Officer's dining out night. The event was held in the Anzac War Memorial Hyde Park. It was a great opportunity for SNCO's and... officers to farewell the key appointments of the Battalion. The Commanding Officer had the pleasure to promote the following personnel to build capability across 5 Brigade and the Australian Army. LT Mir hazar to the rank of Captain LT Matthew Lee to the rank of Captain SGT Tony Venturino to the of WO2 SGT Gavin Jones to the rank of WO2 CPL Ben Razov to the rank of SGT CPL Eduardo Ramirez to the rank of SGT CPL Andrew Yates to the Rank of SGT. The Commanding Officer presented CAPT Andrew Davis a Bronze Commendation for his outstanding commitment as the Operations Officer, Well Done!. WO2 Jeremy Lowe was presented with his 2nd Clasp to the Defence Long Service Medal for 25 years service. Congratulations to all personnel who were promoted and received awards. The CO had the opportunity to farewell a lot of key personnel. From the Battalion we wish you well in your next postings. You will always have a home in 4/3 RNSWR. Good Soldiering for home and country. Australian Army Forces Command - Australian Army Australian 2nd Division 5th Brigade - Australian Army The Royal New South Wales Regiment 3 royal new south wales regiment #defencevalues #yourADF #forhomeandcountry #GoodSoldiering

24.01.2022 London 1919, hundreds of Australian veterans parade on Anzac Day.

23.01.2022 Heres a heartfelt shout out to all those on peacekeeping ops at the moment on this, our national Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Day. And to those now safely home having seen untold horrors of recent decades, you are our heroes!

23.01.2022 Vietnam Veterans Day 18 August 2020 The Cenotaph, Sydney. Representing Entertainers who performed in Vietnam for our Service men and women. We Will Remember Them - Lest We Forget. Sylvia Raye and Dinah Lee.

23.01.2022 Another instalment showing the COVID lockdown work recently completed by my talented workmates. A nice positive feel good post when we all sure could use it. Well done to all involved ! https://www.facebook.com/AustralianArmy/videos/788528595252398/

23.01.2022 Thirty-six years after they were stolen, Vietnam veteran Athol Millar was astonished to learn that his service medals had been found! Athol was living in Burpen...gary and serving in the Australian Army when he and his wife returned from an Easter break to discover their house had been broken into and his medals were missing. He didnt expect to see them again and ordered a replacement set. Earlier this year, Athol was contacted and told the happy news they had been found in a suitcase full of items handed into a thrift store, who then handed them over to the Gympie RSL Sub Branch. After contacting DVA, the medals were traced back to Athol, who is now retired and living in Blackbutt. Blackbutt RSL Sub Branch President Walter Jacobson and members of the Sub Branch presented Athol with his long-lost medals. It just goes to show that you should never give up hope!

22.01.2022 Photos from Wangi RSL on Saturday 15th August - Victory In The Pacific

22.01.2022 PEACE! 15 August 1945 - what a wonderful moment in time to have been part of.

22.01.2022 and here it is..........

20.01.2022 A digger with his dog watch for the Viet Cong during Operation Paddington. The photograph taken in July 1967, is of Tiber, a Labrador tracker dog with the 7th B...attalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), on piquet duty with his personal handler, Lance Corporal Norman Leslie (Norm) Cameron of Kingston, South Australia. Tiber arrived in Vietnam on the 12th of May 1967. He was one year into his tour of duty with 1RAR when he went missing during the attack at Fire Support Base Coral on the 15th-16th of May 1968. Tiber was shell-shocked and spends days wandering aimlessly. Tiber went into retirement in June 1970 and transferred to a new home with staff at the Australian Embassy in Saigon. Eleven tracker dogs went to Vietnam between April 1967 and September 1971, but they could not return home when their tour of duty ended. Lest We Forget. Photograph and information came from the Australian War Memorial. Image file number AWM COL/67/0552/VN.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Armys newest soldiers, the women and men of 1 and 2 Platoons Alpha Company on completing the Army Recruit Course on Friday 11th September. A...ward winners: 1PL: Baird VC MG Award for Most Outstanding Soldier SPR Natali Smith, RAE Skill at Arms PTE Kyton Ryan-Toomey, RACT Best at PT PTE Zachary Hailes, RAAOC 2PL: Baird VC MG Award for Most Outstanding Soldier GNR, Isaac Osborne-Okeeffe, RAA Skill at Arms PTE, Couper Deane, RAInf Best at PT TPR Daniel Townsend, RAAC Photography: www.sharpshotimages.com

20.01.2022 The Memorabilia Room is now available for viewing. Geoff Holgate is there on Monday and Friday Mornings from 9 AM until 12 Noon. Other viewings are by appointme...nt 0n 02 8865 5107 or email [email protected] . Because of Covid restriction maximum of 5 visitors per viewing. .Please allow 5 days notice when booking. See more

19.01.2022 Mark, a dog ammunition carrier, delivers ammo to a Bren gun team, during an "Alert" in Eastern Command, England. 20th August 1941. (IWM)

18.01.2022 Our Deputy Chief of Army, Major General Anthony Rawlins, DSC, AM, recently took the opportunity to test out his skills as a musician in the Australian Army Band.... Unlocking the full potential of #OurPeople, their hidden talents and innovative ideas is an integral part of being an #ArmyInMotion. Listen to Major General Rawlins as he drums along to My Sharona by The Knack!

18.01.2022 13 NOV 1965: On this day, Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin 'Dasher' Wheatley, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, is awarded the first Victoria Cross of the Vie...tnam War posthumously in the Tra Bong Valley, Quang Ngai province; http://bit.ly/17RhMgd WO2 Wheatley VC, is pictured standing on the roadside near Saigon, 8 August 1965, just two months before his death in action at Tra Bong in October. WO2 Wheatley was awarded a Victoria Cross posthumously for remaining with a mortally wounded comrade while his position was overrun despite having had the chance to save himself. His was the first such award to an Australian since World War II.

18.01.2022 Happy 100th birthday Elva. Thank you for your service.

18.01.2022 Last Friday my grandfather receiving his 75th anniversary medallion and with help with his RSL, also receiving Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975 PNG clasp. Lance Corporal Mario Giovine S112033, 4th Australian Infantry Battalion 95 years young.

17.01.2022 Thank you for your service. Lest We Forget.

17.01.2022 Integra values the ongoing partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force through their Workplace Welfare Dogs. We think Hooper looks great in the new coat for the Air Force 2021 Centenary. #IntegraServiceDogsAustralia #IntegraServiceDogs #AirForce100 #ThenNowAlways #AusAirForce

16.01.2022 Blackhawk A25-105 settling down in her new home following restoration work Restoration Support Section and painting by Static Display Aircraft Support Section.

16.01.2022 On 15 August Lakemba RSL sub-Branch president Ann Garland with vice-president Keith Lotty and members of the executive committee laid a wreath at The Soldier memorial to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific.

16.01.2022 Here is a lovely photo of Charlotte Rose Conway, daughter of Jaclyn Conway and CPO Sean Conway, and Lachlan Neil Blair, son of Katherine Anrath and WO Dion Blair, who were Baptised on board HMAS Canberra, in the ships bell, on Friday 11 Sep 20.

15.01.2022 This is from an old post, however I feel very appropriate for a rerun today

15.01.2022 Private Michael Noonan

14.01.2022 #YourADF wouldnt be the same without our furry friends that support personnel along the way. Happy #InternationalDogDay to our favourite source of pawsitivity! #DogsWithJobs

14.01.2022 Surprise... and Happy Birthday, to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps... The Royal Australian Infantry Corps (RA Inf) is the parent corps for all infantry... regiments of the Australian Army. It was established on 14 December 1948, with its Royal Corps status being conferred by His Majesty King George VI. Major components of the RA Inf include the various battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and the six state-based Reserve infantry regiments. The various Regional Force Surveillance and Special Forces units of the Army, are also part of the Infantry Corps. The Infantry School is located at Singleton, New South Wales, and forms part of the Combined Arms Training Centre. The Colonel-In-Chief of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps is H.M. Queen Elizabeth II The Motto of the RAINF Corps is "Duty and Honour" The Corps Colours are "Infantry Red" The role of the Royal Australian Infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture him, to seize and hold ground, to repel attack, by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain

13.01.2022 I presented the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2 certificate and medallions to our WW2 veterans Mary Oneill 94 and Max Jarratt 96 thank you for your service, I also got our 100th Anniversary certificate framed and presented as well

13.01.2022 Vietnam Veterans Day, 18th August.....Lest We Forget! <3 Photos from Vietnam.. https://www.facebook.com/pg/LittlePattie/photos/?tab=album&album_id=669679176391414

11.01.2022 SURVIVAL SKILLS || Townsville based Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Clive Keam is drawing on skills as a former commando to train our air crews on how to sur...vive in hostile territories in the Middle East. Since retiring as commando, Clive has taken up a reservist role instructing at the Combat Survival Training School in Townsville. Its totally different to my old job but it suits me perfectly, he said. Read more about his role here https://news.defence.gov.au//ex-commando-delivers-evasion-

10.01.2022 Looking Beyond the #19thAmendment Today, the Navajo Nation celebrates our Navajo Code Talkers who served their country in WWII. A salute to a local Navajo hero... who grew up herding sheep and tending crops on the best place on the rez to be Navajo. Sophie Yazzie was born in 1914 and raised in Canyon de Chelly before Native Americans gained US citizenship. In 1943, she looked into becoming a Navajo Code Talker, but was told the Marines were not accepting women. Instead she enlisted in the Armys Women Auxiliary Corps and headed to Florida for basic training before being stationed in Texas. By the time she was allowed to vote in AZ in 1948, she was honorably discharged, married and employed. Many legal and cultural barriers remained for Native American voters as AZ law required voters had to prove they could read and write English. Sophie was one of the lucky few because she graduated from Wingate Boarding School. She also worked there until she was 70 years old. Sergeant Sophie Yazzie was one of the longest living female WWII veterans at 105 years old. This courageous and beautiful mother of four wouldve turned 106 on August 17. #HometownHero #FindYourPark #WomenWarriors #WomensHistory #BeyondThe19th

09.01.2022 Condolences to Mr McGanns family. Lest We Forget.

09.01.2022 Congratulations and happy 105th birthday Lt. Charles Dever. Thank you for your service.

09.01.2022 I can happily report that the sub-Branch did successfully conduct a commemoration service for the 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific. The ceremony, ...held in Prince Alfred Square on Saturday 15th August at 9.45am, was attended by 12 sub-Branch members as well as the Parramatta Lord Mayor Bob Dwyer and Deputy Lord Mayor Michelle Garrard. Attendance at this ceremony was also restricted due to COVID-19 regulations restricting numbers to outdoor public events to 20 people. We were fortunate to have clear bright skies for the ceremony. Our thanks go to Rev. David Ould from St Johns Cathedral for leading the Prayers, The Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for their participation, sub-Branch President Mr Ron Grace for delivering the VP Day oration, and to sub-Branch members also for their attendance.

09.01.2022 What sort of twisted mind would do this to a War Memorial. On Thursday evening the Terrigal Foreshore War Memorial was vandalised with graffiti. It was an un-A...ustralian act to desecrate a memorial dedicated to the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their all for the freedom we enjoy. I hope that the transgressor will be found out and harshly dealt with by his or her peers. Lest they forget. See more

08.01.2022 Have a family member who has recently transitioned? Be sure to let them know about our Annual Veteran Health Check it’s one of the best ways to access support and services while also establishing a relationship with a civilian GP. Visit: https://bit.ly/VeteransHealthCheck

08.01.2022 Battle of Long Tan. Lest we forget.

06.01.2022 Between 1962 and 1975, almost 60,000 Australians served during the Vietnam War, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel; 521 died as a result of the war and over 3,000 were wounded. On 18 August we remember all those who served in the Vietnam War and acknowledge and honour the Vietnam veterans who have lost their lives in the years since they returned and those who still carry the physical and emotional scars of their service and the families that have suppor...ted them. The Battle of Long Tan, on the 18th of August 1966, was one of the fiercest battles fought by Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War, and saw 18 Australians killed and 25 wounded. We will remember them. Lest We Forget. Virtual War Memorial: Australia: The Vietnam War https://vwma.org.au/explore/conflicts/5 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

04.01.2022 New President for Cumberland RSL Sub Branch Mr Allan Chapple centre of photo with RSL NSW President Ray James OAM at Extraordinary Meeting at Dooley's - Lidcomb...e on Wednesday 16th December at the left and myself Greg Read SC on right hand side. Best of luck and goodwill passed to Allan by both and endorsed by the membership. Cumberland will continue to support RSL NSW and the compliance and governance undertakings with a newly elected RSL NSW Board. See more

02.01.2022 Pictured; Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG, playing and singing 'Time Of Your Life' by Green Day, remembering Private Luke Worsley on this exact day 13 years ago at Camp Russell, Tarin Kowt. 'Lest We Forget' #Afghanistan #lestweforget

02.01.2022 A special mention to our Navy people deployed for Exercise RIMPAC 2020, which began today. We have four ships, and about 700 people exercising with our internat...ional partners, evaluating our capabilities in high-end warfare training and live-fire exercises, that include missile firings. This year, the renowned RIMPAC exercise is an at-sea only activity due to COVID-19 mitigations. I commend the continuing exceptional work of our people during this extended and important period at sea. #AusNavy #youradf See more

01.01.2022 Happy New Year HMAS Diamantina. While 2020 was tough in many respects, Diamantina and her crew have overcome adversity to achieve so much. Early in the year Di...amantina participated in Fleet concentration period in Tasmania before helping with OP COVID assist. Directly following this service, Diamantina; both platform and crew, were put through their paces, conducting force generation to achieve Unit Readiness. A big part of the program included three separate maintenance periods and an unscheduled docking through which our Engineering department tirelessly worked and shone. In particular ABMT 'Elle' Siyangkabuth was a standout performer who was chosen by her peers and supervisors for award of Sailor of the year. BZ Elle! There have been several farewells in the closure of 2020 as we lose some from our team to future postings, while others now join out ranks. Fair winds and following seas to those who have moved on and I look forward to getting to know our new team members in 2021. 2021 is going to keep us busy. While this coming year has many challenges set for us, there will undoubtedly be plenty of unknowable obstacles along the way that I am confident we can overcome using the same grit and ingenuity I have witnessed these past months. BZ to the crew of Diamantina for your efforts in 2020. I look forward to sailing with you in 21. CO