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Plympton Glenelg RSL Sub-Branch Inc

Locality: Plympton Park

Phone: +61 8 8297 4079

Address: 464 Marion Road 5038 Plympton Park, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.pgrsl.org.au

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25.01.2022 This evening we commemorate the service and sacrifice of 5714249 Private Ronald John Bell, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, of Albany, WA, who was kill...ed in action in South Vietnam by a Viet Cong mine on this day in 1967, aged 22. His sacrifice is commemorated at the Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, WA. Ron was the second eldest of six children and was a National Service conscript. He served with 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) in South Vietnam. Starting on 23 November 1967, 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) undertook Operation Forrest, which involved conducting operations in Phuoc Tuy Province to deny the Viet Cong (VC) access to the rice harvest. The battalion was operating in a wide area east of Route 2. A and C Companies were operating immediately north of Route 23 and were in action against the VC. On 30 November, a patrol from A Company suffered ten casualties from what was thought to be a command-detonated mine. Ron was killed instantly, and another National Serviceman, 6708488 Private Francis Hyland, of Wynyard, Tasmania, died of his wounds the following day. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Ron Bell and Francis Hyland: VWMA

24.01.2022 Bad luck Mr Has Been President Keith, someone had to pick the 7 of Spades in Hunt the Joker, and it was you. The prize jackpots next Friday to $2616.00. Worth being in it to win it. A good crowd tonight, it reached the Covid allowance for number of people in the bar room, the marshals are using all fingers and toes to count them.

23.01.2022 The Australian-led International Force East Timor (INTERFET), with 5,500 men and women involved, was the largest deployment of the Australian Defence Force sinc...e Vietnam. In September 1999, the newly introduced Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) from C Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment arrived in East Timor aboard HMAS Tobruk in order to provide armour and mobility to INTERFET. Corporal Aaron Rutledge commanded an ASLAV. Rutledge liked to draw in his spare time and in East Timor he decorated his helmet with a cartoon dog. His artistic talents lead to him being made an unofficial artist for his unit, and he was called upon to decorate other items. Explore other items from 3D treasures: https://www.awm.gov.au/3dtreasures Do you have stories, items or objects to share from your experiences in recent conflicts, peacekeeping or humanitarian and disaster relief operations? Our curators would love to hear from you. Get in touch via [email protected] Learn more about Gallery Development: https://www.awm.gov.au/ourcontinuingstory/gallerydevelopment #3DTreasures #OurContinuingStory

23.01.2022 Company of Two are on again for entertaining you on Thursday night 3/11/20 from 6:15pm to 8:15pm. It got off to a great start last week so bring your ears, raffle and spending money, but not your dancing shoes. A simple $10 meal will be available to stop your tummy rumbling. Please help with bookings by texting Leah on 0455 504 469.

22.01.2022 Did you know... that at least 60 Australians fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1938? Predominantly radical supporters of the Spanis...h Republic who mainly served in the British, US and Canadian battalions of the 15th International Brigade, some were Spanish-born migrants, but only one is known to have fought on General Franco's Nationalist and fascist side alongside Germans and Italians. Although there was strong support from the Communist Party and some trade unions for the Republican cause, few Australians were interested in the war, and the Australian government remained neutral towards it. At least 16 Australians were killed fighting in the war. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Lloyd Edmonds, an Australian International Brigades volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. Edmonds unveiled a memorial to the volunteers in Canberra in 1993: ANU The Spanish Civil War Memorial in Lennox Gardens, Yarralumla: Kent Watson via Monument Australia

19.01.2022 New Covid 19 Club Entry Conditions. From club opening on Wednesday new mandatory tracing conditions will apply. Those with smart devices should consider setting up a mySA GOV account (https://www.sa.gov.au/mysagov ) then downloading the mySA GOV app. It has a QR code reader which you use upon entry to snapshot the square code tile displayed in the club, it looks a bit like a crossword puzzle. When you first enter the COVID SAfe Check-In tile, you will be asked to fill in you...r details and mobile number. You will then get a text message with a unique code to enter in to the app. This is to verify your phone number. You will only have to do this once. More info: https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/business/covid-safe-check-in The app can be obtained free from your preferred app store, the android version is ready and the apple version is due this afternoon. The app has other uses and can carry digital versions of your Driver’s Licence and Vehicle Registration info. For those without smart devices tracking forms will be used to sign in. The pictured image is a sample only and is not our QR code, do not use it as you may be whisked off to Area 51 and we won’t see you until after their procedures are completed!

19.01.2022 Five cards left in Hunt the Joker for the $5000 prize. Greg Clothier gave it his best pick but Three of Hearts doesn't win it. Thanks David Duncan for a great job with ticket sales and thanks to our Friday night guests for supporting the club.

18.01.2022 Schools have a very important role in educating students about the sacrifice and service of veterans and why it is important we remember this. We would like to thank Modbury High School and St Francis School for the Remembrance Day Ceremonies they conducted on 11 November. Our President Bill Hignett spoke to students at Modbury High School and our associate member, and RSL SA board member, John O’Grady spoke to students at St Francis School Lockleys.

18.01.2022 Our #MobilityMonday crews had to pack their thermals for this trip. The first flight of the season for Operation Southern Discovery has delivered supplies, equ...ipment, vehicles and personnel to Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica. It's a 7,000km round trip for our No. 36 Squadron C-17A Globemasters. Since 2015 we've been supporting the antarctica.gov.au with a quick and flexible means of transporting large items of cargo and urgent supplies from Australia. #AusAirForce

18.01.2022 This evening we commemorate the service and sacrifice of Warrant Officers Class Two Kevin Arthur "Dasher" Wheatley and Ronald James Swanton, both of the Austral...ian Army Training Team Vietnam, who were killed in action in the Tra Bong valley, Quang Ngai, South Vietnam on this day in 1965. Kevin was 28 and Ron was 29. Kevin's sacrifice is commemorated at the New South Wales Garden Of Remembrance, and Ron's at the Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium. Kevin and Ron were on a search and destroy mission with a platoon of the Civil Irregular Defence Group on 13 November 1965 when it was attacked by the Viet Cong. The platoon broke in the face of heavy fire and began to scatter. Swanton was shot in the chest. Although told that Swanton was dying, Wheatley refused to leave him. Under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, he half-dragged and half-carried Swanton out of open rice paddies into the comparative safety of nearby jungle. He refused a second request to withdraw, pulled the pins from his two grenades and waited with his motionless colleague while the enemy approached. Two grenade explosions were heard, followed by several bursts of fire. Wheatley and Swanton were found at first light next morning, dead from gunshot wounds. For refusing to abandon a wounded comrade in the face of overwhelming odds Wheatley was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. He had also been awarded the United States of America's Silver Star. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Kevin Wheatley and Ron Swanton: VWMA

18.01.2022 Tony Power is very trying, he gets a consolation drink but didn't win Hunt the Joker. The prize jackpots next Friday. You gotta be in it to win it. Thanks Dave for selling the tickets.

16.01.2022 This evening we commemorate the service and sacrifice of 835 Trooper William Albert Baker, 9th Light Horse Regiment, of Baker's Creek, SA, who was killed in act...ion at Gallipoli on this day in 1915, aged 34. He is buried at the Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Bill was born at Baker's Creek, to Thomas Allen Baker and Matilda Baker nee Fry, and attended the Seaview Public School. He was working as a station hand near Kangarilla when he enlisted on 13 November 1914 and was allocated to the 9th Light Horse Regiment as an original member. The majority of the members of the 9th Light Horse Regiment were South Australian, with the rest being Victorians. The regiment embarked for the Middle East and arrived there on 1 February 1915. After training, the regiment was sent to Gallipoli dismounted as reinforcements for the severely depleted New Zealand and Australian Division. In a reserve role during the charge at the Nek, it suffered few casualties there, but was heavily engaged in the attack on Hill 60 on 27 August when 15 members of the regiment were killed, 18 missing and 45 wounded. It appears from his gravestone that Bill was killed by a Turkish sniper. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Bill Baker: AWM

15.01.2022 ELEVEN BATS A story about combat, cricket and the SAS. Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multipl...e tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment's most experienced and recognised figures. Harry's other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of cricket was often the circuit-breaker Harry and his team needed after the tension of operations. He began a tradition of organising matches wherever he was sent, whether it was East Timor, Baghdad, or Afghanistan. Soldiers, locals and even visiting politicians played in these spontaneous yet often bridge-building games. Harry also took a cricket bat with him on operational tours, eleven of them in total. They'd often go outside the wire with him and end up signed by those he met or fought alongside. These eleven bats form the basis for Harry's extraordinary memoir. It's a book about combat, and what it takes to serve in one of the world's most elite formations. It's a book about the toll that war takes on soldiers and their loved ones. And it's a book about the healing power of cricket, and how a game can break down borders in even the most desperate of circumstances. Harry Moffitt recently retired from the Australian Defence Force after almost thirty years, most of which was spent with Australia's elite Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment as a Team Commander and Team Specialist. Harry completed his time with the SAS as its Human Performance Manager. He's a Registered Psychologist and runs a human performance consultancy, Stotan Group, working with sports teams, the military and industry. He remains a cricket tragic. Publisher: Allen & Unwin https://bit.ly/2Vg0t4f. Available from Booktopia, book sellers and chain stores. 384 page paperback, RRP $34.99. Review provided by publisher.

15.01.2022 Hi everyone, Please see below the new timetable for Mambo City Adelaide - Salsa Classes & Events from next Tuesday 8 June onwards. All classes and social pract...ice are on Tuesday at Plympton Glenelg RSL Our next Wakanda Place Latin Social Saturday (FREE ENTRY) is on Saturday 12 June, 9:30pm till late, free entry all night. Weekly Monday night classes and weekly Wakanda Tuesday will be taking a break from next week (from 7 June). We originally planned to make the changes in the new financial year, but the time has come earlier due to the winter slow season. Apologies for the inconvenience, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns. Regarding Jonathan’s announcement earlier this year about stepping down and handing over, Wendy and Jonathan have considered this thoroughly and sought council from our Pro Team and students, we have decided to keep the classes and choreographies running with the new arrangements. Thank you everyone who has supported and enjoyed our classes and events, we will continue to maintain this community for the foreseeable future. Many Thanks, Wendy & Jonathan

14.01.2022 #OnThisDay in 1942 Australian troops occupied Gona in New Guinea. Following the Japanese withdrawal from the Kokoda Trail, the allies planned the encirclement o...f important Japanese positions around Buna, Sanananda and Gona. Gona was the first of the three to fall to the allies after weeks of heavy fighting. The following article from Wartime magazine (Issue 83) is a Japanese perspective at Buna - Gona: https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/83/article-two Image: The three Chapman brothers of South Australia, who all joined the 2/27th Infantry Battalion, pause for a break just after the fall of Gona. Left to right: Pte Maxwell Maurice Chapman; Pte Desmond Chapman; and Pte Raymond Chapman. Photographer: George Silk. 013844

14.01.2022 Full of emotion and history, northern France is well-known for the battles that took place here during the First World War. Today the moving sites of remembranc...e are part of the landscape where families are inspired to learn their shared history. Plein d'émotion et d'histoire, le nord de la France est connu pour les batailles qui s'y sont déroulées pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Aujourd'hui ces émouvants sites de mémoire font partie du paysage et les familles viennent y découvrir leur histoire commune. Esprit Hauts-de-France Somme Tourisme

14.01.2022 The new War Memorial at Ardrossan. Stunning. Photo via RSL State President, Cheryl Cates

14.01.2022 Club open from 4:30pm Wednesday afternoon. Members Draw after the Ode at 6pm. Drinks at club prices and pre-ordered $10 meals. The Adelaide Military Brotherhood Motor Cycle Club will be joining us, please make them welcome. We can tell them how Herbie used to race Matchless motorcycles on the southern beaches in the good, old days. Musical entertainment on Thursday with Company of Two playing 6:15 - 8:15pm for listening and no dancing. Pre-order $10 meals by contacting Leah ...on 0455 504 469. Plus the Meat Tray Raffle $2/ticket of five numbers or three tickets for $5. Friday is a bar night, open from 4:30pm and Hunt The Joker jackpot is up to $2754.00. The latest gathering regulations take us back to a few weeks ago with up to 82 people allowed in the hall, 58 in the bar/dining room and 4 in the outdoor smoking area. Everyone is required to be seated when eating or drinking, except in the outdoor area where standing is permitted, but drinking is only within those perimeter walls or in the snooker room. Snooker tables can be played, but drinking and eating must be while seated. So there's some progress. Let's kick Covid-19 into touch ASAP.

14.01.2022 Vale Lorrae Desmond. 86 Transport Platoon RAASC drove her around to many of her concerts entertaining the troops in Vietnam. A true humble woman much loved by the Australian troops in Vietnam.

11.01.2022 Polaris71 is rocking the club this arvo and the audience know all the song lyrics.

11.01.2022 We are a collection point for toiletries for the Edwardstown Lions Sleeping Rough Project. This provides personal hygiene packs for people who are struggling. Please check what you have by way of hotel toiletries and buy items on special when you are grocery shopping and bring them into the club. Remember somethings for children too.

11.01.2022 Are you registered on MyService? We recently added more functions to our online portal, MyService, so that you can now book transport and claim for travel reimb...ursements for approved medical treatment. We have also changed the MyService landing page so that it is easier to navigate. Veterans can already use MyService to lodge claims, manage their income support needs, update personal and contact details, and view a digital version of your Veteran Card. To sign up to MyService, follow the instructions at the following link dva.gov.au/myservice.

09.01.2022 Once again Tich Tyson and his team planned and conducted a well received Remembrance Day Service at Glenelg. Tich is pictured with Jayne Stinson MP Member for Badcoe.

09.01.2022 Great crowd enjoying the great music of Groove Brothers and Soul Sister.

09.01.2022 Today marks the anniversary of the battle of Binh Ba, one of Australia’s most significant engagements in the Vietnam War. On 6 June 1969, two Australian armoure...d vehicles travelling north from the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat were fired on from the village of Binh Ba. Two South Vietnamese Regional Force platoons were sent to investigate, but were forced to withdraw after coming under heavy fire. Australian Task Force ready reaction force was dispatched: an under-strength infantry company from D Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment; a troop of armoured personnel carriers of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment; and a troop of Centurion tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment. The Australians faced a formidable force of regular North Vietnamese Army troops from 1 Battalion, 33 NVA Regiment. During the battle one Australian was killed and 10 wounded. Four Centurion tanks were damaged by enemy RPG fire. The majority of the Australian wounded were tank commanders and crewmen. The tanks suffered losses but undoubtedly saved many infantry lives. The battle was a decisive victory for the Australians and the regiments involved were later awarded battle honours. Read more: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/BinhBa50 Image: Sapper (Spr) Mick Weston and Spr "Noddy" Norris, probably Colin Francis Norris, both members of 7 Section, 2 Troop, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), rest on the verandah of a house following the battle of Binh Ba. Photographer: Michael Kenneth Weston P08419.001

09.01.2022 I am searching for war veterans, war widows and veteran partners to collect and publish their oral histories and to be involved in a photographic exhibition at ...Ayers House at this years SALA Festival and then a travelling statewide exhibition including Tanunda, Port Pirie, Waikerie, Mount Gambier and the War Widows Guild. Last year we captured over 40 hours of oral histories. To hear some of last years podcasts visit: https://thewaywewere.podbean.com This program is funded thru the DVA in partnership with The Tanunda RSL Sub Branch and The EMU Tree. Do you know someone that has a few stories which need to be documented? Contact Christian Teusner at: [email protected] or 0408 364900 for further information. This program is based in South Australia. Thank you for sharing. See more

08.01.2022 Air Force Association - SA Division offers five RAAF Centenary Commemorative Wines for sale. They can be purchased from the AFA Office at Torrens Parade Ground, 9am - 2pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For more information email: [email protected]

07.01.2022 The club opens at 4:30pm this arvo, enjoy cool drinks in air-conditioned comfort. Cheers

06.01.2022 Company of Two entertain from 6:15pm tonight, smiles on, ears open and leave your dancing shoes home. $10 meals by preordering with Leah. Drinks at club prices, raffle, $2 coffees. Treat yourselves to some fun after winter and Covid.

05.01.2022 Welcome back Groove Brothers & Soul Sister. Big music, big audience, great times.

05.01.2022 This evening we commemorate the service and sacrifice of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (4 RAR (Cdo)), of Coffs... Harbour, NSW, who was killed in action by an improvised explosive device during a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, on this day in 2008, aged 25. Michael entered the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2002 and graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 2005, commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery. While posted to the 4th Field Regiment, he became parachute qualified, and deployed to Timor-Leste in 2006 and 2007. He was posted to 4 RAR (Cdo) in January 2008 as a Joint Offensive Support Team commander and deployed to Afghanistan with the Special Operations Task Group. Two other soldiers were wounded by the same IED. Michael left behind two loving parents, his younger brother Daniel and two younger foster sisters Nikki and Nyah. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Michael Fussell: Defence

04.01.2022 On this day... in 1950, the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, secured a ferry crossing on the Teadong River in Korea. The crossing was on one of only tw...o north-south roads the United States Eighth Army could use to retreat in the face of the massive Chinese Second Phase Offensive launched on 25 November. The battalion secured the crossing and defended it from Chinese and North Korean infiltrators. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Two members of 3 RAR engaging the enemy in November 1950: AWM

02.01.2022 On this day... in 1942, the Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Armidale was sunk by Japanese aircraft near Timor while trying to evacuate Australian and Dutch soldier...s from the island and deliver a relief contingent. After helping free a liferaft when the order was given to abandon ship, Able Seaman Teddy Sheean was wounded twice in the chest and back before strapping himself into the harness of one of the ship's 20 mm Oerlikon guns and opening fire on the aircraft. He forced one Japanese aircraft into the sea and damaged at least two others, and continued to fire at the Japanese attackers as he went below the waves with the ship. He was posthumously mentioned in despatches, with many of the surviving crew credited him with saving their lives, as the Zeros had been machine-gunning them in the water. In 1978, the artist Dale Marsh depicted Sheean's last moments in a painting now displayed at the AWM. In 1999, a Collins-class submarine was named HMAS Sheean in his honour. After a series of inquiries beginning in 2013, earlier this year a final inquiry recommended that Sheean be posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, and this was approved by Her Majesty the Queen on 12 August. Members of Teddy's family will receive his Victoria Cross from the Governor-General later today. He is the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to be awarded the Victoria Cross. A true Australian hero who laid down his life for his mates. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Dale Marsh's painting of Sheean's last moments: AWM Image of Teddy Sheean (left standing) with his family: AWM

01.01.2022 Keith Harrison had another chance to win big moolah and missed it. 9 of Clubs ain't worth $5000. It remains on the books for next Friday. Seeya then.

01.01.2022 Edward 'Teddy' Sheean LPC On 1 December, 78 years to the day after Ordinary Seaman Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean gave his life to protect his shipmates, the Governor-Ge...neral will make a posthumous investiture by presenting his family with the insignia of the Victoria Cross of Australia. Teddy Sheean will be the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to receive the Victoria Cross. At the Last Post Ceremony on 1 December 2020, the Australian War Memorial will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Ordinary Seaman Edward Teddy Sheean. You can watch the Last Post Ceremony live on the AWM Facebook page or on our Youtube channel from 4.55pm. Image: Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean, HMAS 'Armidale' ART28160