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No. 47 Spring 2012 No. 47 Spring 2012 Official publication for Returned & Services League of Australia Tasmanian State Branch (inc.) Corporate Office Bishop Davies Court The Manor Rubicon Grove Umina Park Statewide 28 Davey Street 27 Redwood Road 2 Guy Street 89 Club Drive Mooreville Road Community Hobart Kingston King Meadows Port Sorell Burnie Programs 6220 1200 6283 1100 6345 2101 6427 5700 6433 5166 6345 2124 or visit our website at www.onecare.org.au TheOn Service magazine is produced by the Returned & Services League of Inside this Australia (Tasmania Branch) Inc and issued three times per year. Submissions of articles of around 300 words, with accompanying ISSUE: photographs (in digital format), From the Presidents Desk 2 or items for the Notices section Chief Executive Officer’s Comment 3 are encouraged. Submissions Vice President’s Reports 4 should be emailed to [email protected] 70Th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein 6 or mailed to: Remembrance Day at Home and Around the World 8 On Service, RSL (Tasmania Remembrance Day – Contemporary Veterans 10 Branch), ANZAC House, Emergency Services Affiliation 10 68 Davey Street Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize Winners 2012 12 HOBART Tasmania 7000 Headstones for Forgotten Heroes 14 Submissions should be free of personal views, political bias and must be Victoria Cross - Corporal Daniel Alan Keighran, VC 16 of interest to the wider membership of the RSL. On Base Advisory Service 17 Short requests seeking information or contact with ex-Service Public Debate 17 members are welcome for the Notices section. Around The Sub Branches 18 All enquiries relating to On Service may be forwarded to RSL (Tasmania Australian War Memorial Helicopter 19 Branch) Editorial Team of Phil Pyke on 0408 300 148 or to the Chief Executive Officer, Noeleen Lincoln on (03) 6224 0881.” Veterans’ Gardening 20 Midlands Military Meet & Rendezvous 22 We reserve the right to edit, include or refuse any submission. Articles based on personal views will not be included unless in the form of Letters to the Notices 23 Editor with name and address of the author. Just Ask A Blonde 23 Disclaimer: RSL (Tasmania) State Branch advises readers who are VALE – Corporal Scott James Smith 24 contemplating agreements with advertisers in this magazine to seek Bellerive Memorial Not Forgotten 25 independent financial or legal advice. Book Reviews 26 Editorial Team Young Offenders Apologise 28 Phil Pyke – Editor Our Soldiers’ Message from Timor [email protected] Noeleen Lincoln OAM – Chief Executive Officer RSL (Tasmania Branch) - (03) 6224 0881 Publisher and Advertising Layout Resilience Marketing Pty Ltd Warren Leahy Level 1 Leftside Media 19 Magnet Court 76 Wentworth Street SANDY BAY Tasmania 7005 South HOBART Tasmania 7000 (03) 6224 6888 0404 097 188 General Manager: Gail McCulloch gail@ resilience.com.au STOP PRESS Membership renewals are due on the Cover: Our own Australian Army Band – Tasmania bugler, Corporal Ashley Thompson plays “The Last Post” at the Battle of El Alamein 1st January 2013 Commemorations in Egypt. RSL On Service 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK As we head towards a number of key The debate has always been about what In many ways Greetings readers, would like to help but are too old or not The two boys commemorations, including Vietnam constituted the Battle for Australia as it the day is well enough to fight fires or the like, you then went to HopefullyVeterans Dayall Sub(18 BranchesAug), Australianhad an wasn’t about any single action or battle relevant as it may be welcomed to help man the radio or tour Anglesea excellentPeacekeeper’s Remembrance Day (14 Sept) Day, and Remembrance and lots of but more a series – including Timor. commemorates some job that is not too physically taxing. poppies were sold. The Two Dollar Poppy Critics, including a former Australian War Barracksthe whichlong- Day (11 Nov), it is always easy to overlook Again I point out that any volunteer work a coin was a welcome recognition by the Memorial historian, believe there was no evidentlyo v e r l o ohad k e da one major date – the 5th of September or person becomes involved in, can only end Federal Government of the importance single Japanese strategy, or coordinated greatbombing impact onof the first Wednesday in September. up helping the volunteer feel better about of remembrance and by entering into campaign, against this country and therefore them.Darwin. Chris Munday themselves and obviously your contribution anWhile agreement I can image with manythe RSLscratching nationally their the commemoration is not relevant. can only be a positive for your community. OneUntil thing next Itime did ask was that the boys write toheads, distribute it is the the Battlecoins forduring Australia the Poppy – an In undertaking some research recently, I an apology which could be printed in “On Appealimportant time commemorationframe the Royal Australianaround a During November last, I was invited to Phil Pyke found out that the predominantly Tasmanian Service” and that they were to have no help visit the RSL (Victorian Branch) at ANZAC Mintsignificant ensured series that of the battles limited with strike 2012 of being the 2nd/40th Battalion lost 53 members in the House in Melbourne for a day of mentoring. with the wording, spelling etc. I wanted all coinsthe 70th reached anniversary the general of Battle public. of the Coral Japanese air-raid on Darwin - 53 casualties This was an eye opener. RSL Victoria is readers to see these letters and hopefully Sea,The StateBattle Branch of Milne still hasBay, a quantityKokoda ofTrack the before the Battalion even set foot in Timor, of course a much bigger organisation than believe the letters came from the heart. coinsCampaign which and we thehave bombing been moving of Darwin. steadily. becoming prisoners of war. RSL Tasmania. ANZAC House located On a separate issue I would also point out I remember being at ANZAC House on the at 4 Collins Street, Melbourne is simply that one of the offenders involved in the public holiday (Hobart Show Day) when the stunning, with four floors of operations and desecration of the Simpson and his donkey press release appeared in the papers telling none of that space wasted. The building is carving at Scottsdale recently also opted of the release of the coins. The phone simply of course, heritage listed and the original to apologise and speak at the Scottsdale did not stop ringing. As I had to get to the internal fittings are simply beautiful. The ANZAC Day service. I am told the offender bottom of the in-tray, I could only let the whole place is a hive of activity and there has become a different person. I believe that phone ring and have the answering machine was much to learn. RSL Victoria State the two youths whose letters appear in this do the job. There was call after call wanting Branch is happy to help us in any way they issue have a very good chance of changing multiple numbers of the coins. Hopefully can, and they do a lot for RSL Tasmania, their ways. Everybody can make a mistake, the Mint will produce other different coins as do the other State Branches. My trip to and everybody deserves the chance to put in the future which the RSL may be able RSL Victoria reinforced the true meaning things right. to link into our fund raising purposes. It of being an Australian. Nothing was out of is likely to be quite a while before we see bounds and during the day I heeded much My idea of “youth membership” was rolled another “coloured” coin, if ever. advice and absorbed many ideas that will at the RSL National level and I was quite Most readers will have seen either or all be of great use to us in Tasmania. Some saddened by that, but you can’t win them all of the TV ads for Remembrance Day and of the advice and ideas are already being and you certainly cannot allow yourself to implemented. membership, the reinforcing ads in the become bitter and twisted - not in this job Public Notices section of newspapers and Two of the boys who were involved in the anyway. All we can do now is keep trying posters in RSL venues and other spots graffiti attack on the Hobart Cenotaph to get this concept up and I ask all readers around the State. We will not know until earlier this year who opted to go through to contact me with any ideas on any matter we get into the New Year what affect this the Youth Justice system, have written which may change us for the better in the effort has had. letters of apology and those letters appear future, no matter how impossible the idea One very beneficial recent event was the in this edition of “On Service”. may seem. meeting between representatives of the When I first heard of that two of the A new initiative I want to run with is Tasmanian Emergency Services (Police, offenders were to go through the Youth to get any members who are qualified Fire, Ambulance and SES) and RSL for the Justice system, I took the cynical view that tradespersons of any kind, and are willing purpose of Emergency Services personnel this was a simple way for the offenders to to do work for members at a reduced rate, to join RSL Tasmania either as a Service not have to face court and then end up member, if they meet the criteria, as with no punishment. I was wrong. Having to contact me. We should, in the short term, Affiliate members which they are entitled attended the conference with Youth Justice, be able to set up a network and this can only to do as per our Constitution.
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