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RSL Stanthorpe Sub Branch

Locality: Stanthorpe, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4681 0047

Address: 38 Marsh Street 4380 Stanthorpe, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.stanthorperslsubbranch.org

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16.01.2022 Today is Reserve Forces Day, honouring the essential role our Navy, Army and Air Force Reservists play in keeping Australia safe. Whether it’s assisting with d...isaster recovery, peacekeeping in countries devastated by conflict, or strengthening our Defence capabilities, the Reserve Forces are always there to step in when help is needed. Held every year since 1998, Reserve Forces Day is an opportunity to recognise current and former Reservists and their families for their dedication to our country. Thank you for your service. Photograph courtesy of Department of Defence.

08.01.2022 In the archives of the Memorial, autograph books hold dozens of inscriptions left by men and women during their wartime service. Some of these autograph books a...re included in broader collections of records associated with one person’s service, while others are part of the Autographs and Autograph Books Collection, which includes both autograph books and autographed items. One of these autograph books belonged to Sister Gertrude May Skyring during her service as a nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service during the First World War. The album contains autographs from members of the AIF, verse, sketches, photographs and philatelic material, including stamps and field service postcards. Skyring's autograph book includes an autograph by Marion Elizabeth Leane Smith R.N., the first Indigenous woman from Australia to serve with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service during the First World War. Collection item: PUB01504 If you would like to learn more you can read Alexandra McKinnon’s 2019 research paper Impression of Empire: autograph books as a historical record, 1899 to 1919 http://ow.ly/PrJA50FkzgC Photos of drawings, poems, signatures and messages in Skyring's autograph book.

05.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS The last Australian troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn overnight. Over the past 20 years, we have farewelled our troops, watched them serve admi...rably in this war-torn country, and welcomed them home again. We share the nation's pride in our Defence forces, and thank them and their families for their immense dedication and service. Photograph courtesy of Department of Defence. #adf #veterans #rslqueensland

01.01.2022 The Royal Air Force Museum ( RAFM, R.A.F.M) Curator Andrew Dennis recently donated a Second World War RAF bicycle to the Australian War Memorial. The bike was ...air freighted from England and at the Memorial arrived earlier this month. I used it on and off for a while, I recall a 25-mile fancy dress bike ride on it, and a pageant at the RAF Museum, when I rode it around the site wearing RAF uniforms, said Andrew. The new acquisition is painted in wartime blackout scheme (remnants of the original yellow paint are visible), has the white blackout marking on the rear mudguard, red, white and blue bands, and the text NW667, referring to RAF station North Weald, an 11 Group Fighter Command airfield in the front line of the Battle of Britain. Bikes were the standard means of getting about wartime England. With rationing of petrol, the use of motor transport was confined to necessity, so bicycles were used by servicemen and women for personal transportation and getting around Royal Air Force (RAF) bases. Riding at night in black-out conditions, it was mandatory for cyclists to daub heavy black matt paint on frames and the upper half of front lights, and to carry regulation white patches on mudguards. Bicycles were also used to train pilots in formation flying. Wearing radio transmitter sets, pilots cycled around the aerodrome in flying formation, responding to orders to turn until the trainer was satisfied they could maintain disciplined flight. Bikes were even used by some fighter squadrons to simulate intercepts. The addition of a genuine RAF bicycle to the Memorial’s National Collection enriches our understanding of life on a base during the Second World War. Read more about the history of bikes used by the RAF: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/set-of-wheels Image: Pilots of the 353rd Thunderbolts fighter group leave a briefing, passing bicycles propped against adjacent buildings. Credit: Imperial War Museum London IWM FRE 366