Leeton RSL Sub Branch in Leeton, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

Leeton RSL Sub Branch

Locality: Leeton, New South Wales

Address: Acacia Ave 2705 Leeton, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Remembrance Day 2020 in Leeton, NSW. The lady with me is Leeton's last surviving WW2 veteran, and is in her mid 90's, still drives, and is quite active in the l...ocal community - she's a bit of an inspiration, tbh. Had to wait for the local newspaper to come out today lol (just a weekly paper). See more

22.01.2022 Don't forget - Remembrance Day is on Wednesday, so if possible take a moment at 11am to stop and remember.

21.01.2022 The Leeton RSL Sub-branch is outraged at the vandalism, which occurred on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

21.01.2022 Do you see yourself as a Gallipoli Scholarship recipient in 2021? If you are a descendant of an Australian/New Zealand serviceman or woman serving in any confl...ict/peacekeeping operations since WW1 and can show necessitous circumstances you may be eligible to apply for a $6000 tax-free scholarship/bursary to assist with your first year of tertiary study either at university or TAFE. For more information, eligibility and to apply, visit: https://www.gallipolischolarship.com.au/14 Applications close 1 February 2021.

20.01.2022 Our Heather, with her Certificate from the NSW Government. She and Malvena are reading Heather’s original paper of 15th Aug 1945, the day Peace was declared.

19.01.2022 Congratulation Gwen!! You will do a fantastic job!!

19.01.2022 On 15th August we will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of end of the Second World War. Join in the Edith Edwards Campaign by sharing photos and stories of our soldiers, to remember the 1 million men and women who enlisted to served their country and won a great victory which helped shape who we are today. #OneInAMillion

17.01.2022 Young Veterans are planning on conducting a kayaking activity in the area at Darlington Point on 16 Jan for any veterans and their family, children, grandchildren. Needing expressions of interest from anyone interested to confirm go ahead. Please message Leeton Sub Branch if interested as soon as possible.

17.01.2022 Winner of our $250 Golden Apple gift card is June Geltch! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Thank you to Golden Apple for their ongoing support. Thank you to the Leeton community who supported us at the street stall and poppy selling day on Friday. Your support is most appreciated.

16.01.2022 Wally Brown was a grain merchant. He, like his two brothers, loathed their work and all eventually left. One went to the United States, one to North Queensland,... and Wally went to war. In late July 1915 the lure of adventure and, no doubt, a sense of duty, led him to enlist. Life could not have been any further removed from his small Tasmanian birthplace. He was determined to get to the Western Front, and the action. Read more: http://ow.ly/l6z750ACtz9 Photo: Sergeant Walter Ernest Brown

15.01.2022 After the First World War, Wally Brown married Maude Dillon at Bexley on 4th June 1932. Then in the 1930's, moved to Leeton NSW working as a water bailiff for the NSW Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (WC&IC). In 1940 he enlisted in the 2nd AIF giving his birth date as 3rd July 1900. The truth was soon discovered but no action was taken.

13.01.2022 Leeton Remembrance Day. Thank you to all who attended, including Leeton High School, Gralee School, Leeton Shire Council Deputy Mayor George Weston, community members & visiting veterans.

13.01.2022 Fantastic news!

12.01.2022 Contact can be made to Berdene Oxley-Boyd

12.01.2022 Remembrance Day poppy badges for sale in front of the Roxy from 10am today.

12.01.2022 On #VietnamVeteransDay we remember the service of all Australians who served in Vietnam. Bruce Fletcher (b.1937) was the first of two Australian #officialwarart...ists appointed to go to the Vietnam War and the first official war artist to be shot. Within two days of arriving in Vietnam, Fletcher was wounded in the foot when a captured enemy rifle accidently discharged aboard the Caribou he was travelling on between Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Vung Tau. Despite his injuries and trauma of the accident Fletcher produced more than 200 works for the @awmemorial. Many of which are drawings in fibre-tipped pen sometimes smudged to create tone. As dye based inks are inherently acidic and prone to fading Fletcher’s drawings are currently being digitised to ensure their preservation. Fletcher worked from life and memory. His drawings are a unique documentation of his experience as an artist on deployment from his time in hospital, to his attachment to 7RAR and excursions with public relations officers. To see more of Bruce Fletcher’s art in the collection: https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search #VietnamVeteransDay #fibrepen #digitisation #collections #Museumathome #MyAWM #AWMemorial #artist #VietnamWar #conservation #collectiondigitisation #drawings #lestweforget #Vungtau #NuiDat #AustralianArmy #hueyhelicopter #Brucefletcher #vietnamveterans

10.01.2022 2020 marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War. To commemorate it on social media, share your family’s story with us. Here are three simple steps to ...get started: First, take a photo of yourself holding a photo or memorabilia of your family member. Second, write a social media post about them and their experiences. Finally, add the hashtag #OneInAMillion to your post, and publish it. We will then share your post on our social media channels for Aussies to read. It’s a fitting tribute to almost one million who served their country with honour and distinction.

10.01.2022 Coming up to VP Day on Saturday 15th Aug. Hear Prime Minister Chifley’s speech announcing the end of the war.

09.01.2022 Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean was born on 28 December 1923 at Lower Barrington, Tasmania, fourteenth child of James Sheean, labourer, and his wife Mary Jane, née Broomh...all. Soon afterwards the family moved to Latrobe. Teddy was educated at the local Catholic school. Five foot 8 inches (174cm) tall and well built, he took casual work on farms between Latrobe and Merseylea. In Hobart on 21 April 1941 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman, following in the steps of five of his brothers who had joined the armed forces (four of them were in the Army and one in the Navy). On completing his initial training, he was sent to Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport, Victoria, in February 1942 for further instruction. In May Sheean was posted to Sydney where he was billeted at Garden Island in the requisitioned ferry Kuttabul, prior to joining his first ship as an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun loader. Granted home leave, he was not on board Kuttabul when Japanese midget submarines raided the harbour and sank her on 31 May. Eleven days later he returned to Sydney to help commission the new corvette HMAS Armidale, which carried out escort duties along the eastern Australian coast and in New Guinea waters. Ordered to sail for Darwin in October, Armidale arrived there early next month. On 29 November Armidale sailed for Japanese-occupied Timor, in company with the corvette HMAS Castlemaine, to withdraw the exhausted Australian 2/2 Independent Company, evacuate about 150 Portuguese civilians and 190 Dutch troops, and land soldiers to reinforce Dutch guerrillas on the island. Arriving off Betano before dawn on 1 December, the ships rendezvoused with the naval tender HMAS Kuru, which had already taken the civilians on board. When these people were transferred to Castlemaine, she sailed for Darwin, leaving the other two vessels to carry out the rest of the operation. From 12:28 Armidale and Kuru came under repeated attack from Japanese aircraft. Despite requests, no air cover was received. Shortly before 14:00 on 1 December 1942, Armidale, by then separated from Kuru, was attacked by no less than thirteen aircraft. The corvette manoeuvred frantically. At 15:15 a torpedo struck her port side and another hit the engineering spaces; finally a bomb struck aft. As the vessel listed heavily to port, the order was given to abandon ship. The survivors leapt into the sea and were machine-gunned by the Japanese aircraft. Once he had helped to free a life raft, Sheean scrambled back to his gun on the sinking ship. Although wounded in the chest and back, the 18-year-old sailor shot down one bomber and kept other aircraft away from his comrades in the water. He was seen still firing his gun as Armidale slipped below the waves. Only 49 of the 149 men who had been on board survived the sinking and the ensuing days in life rafts. Sheean was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery and in 1999 HMAS Sheean, a Collins Class submarine, was named after him - the only ship in the RAN to bear the name of a sailor. In 2020, following a sustained public campaign to have Ordinary Seaman Sheean's selfless actions appropriately recognised, an expert panel recommended to the Australian Government that he be considered for the the award of a Victoria Cross. On 12 August 2020 the Australian Governor General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley, AC, DSC, (Retd) announced that HM Queen Elizabeth II had approved a posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Ordinary Seaman Sheean. In doing so, Ordinary Seaman 'Teddy' Sheean, became the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to be awarded Australia's highest honour for valour.

06.01.2022 We are engraving! The bricks for the brick appeal we launched a number of years ago is finally happening with engraving due to start in December! If you have s...ent us an order and would like a photo of your completed brick/s, please let us know! Once completed, we will be sharing a photo of one finished brick/s each day. Contact us by email or direct message. [email protected] If you would like to make a brick order, please complete the brick form and send it back to us. All paid orders received by close of business Wednesday 30th September 2020 will be processed in the first batch of engraving. We can even engrave your business logo!

05.01.2022 Enjoying morning tea on a special occasion!

04.01.2022 Thank you Prime local news for covering this shameful act that has upset the community on such a significan day in our history, 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

03.01.2022 The late Ursula Garner came to Leeton after joining the Australian Women's Land Army in 1942. She then stayed on in the shire until she passed away in March this year.