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| "Victory
in the Pacific, 60th Anniversary" |
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Sunday
the 14th August 2005, commenced the Burleigh Heads RSL Sub-Branch
VP day commemorations and celebrations. We sponsored a special
Medallion Presentation ceremony for Margaret May MP, Federal Member
for McPherson, who presented 25 WW2 Veterans and War Widows with
their Commemorative 60th Anniversary WW2 Medallion. There were
over eighty in attendance, family and friends to share in this
special presentation. There were quite a few Sub-Branch Members
who were presented, and they all enjoyed a cuppa, cake and a biscuit.
There will be other such ceremonies organized by Margaret in future
as there is something like 300,000 to be issued until May 2006.
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Monday the 15th August 2005, VP day Commemoration Service was
held at the Burleigh Heads War Memorial, Cenotaph at 11am, with
a School Naval honour guard mounted at the cenotaph, was a sight
to behold. The Cadets were from the Robina State High School
Naval Cadet unit. There was a large representation from Sub-Branch
Members and many other Veterans. A huge representation of children
from the local schools we also in attendance and an estimate
of about 1000 people in total, to remember the 40,000 Australians
who paid the supreme sacrifice and didn't come home and to remember
all those who have passed away in the last sixty years since
that war. It is estimated that out of the one million Australian
that served, only 170,000 remain today "lest we Forget"
Read
the text of the Burleigh Heads RSL Sub Branch President's Address
at the Commemoration
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The Australian Government, through its "Saluting Their Service"
Commemorations program and Margaret May, MP, supported the Sub-Branch
with a grant to provide a luncheon to Veterans and family who
attended the VJ service. With kind co-operation of the Management
and Staff of the Burleigh Heads Bowls Club, arrangement were made
and a wonderful meal was provided to over 100 on the day, everyone
enjoyed the occasion and should remember the day the Second World
War ended sixty years ago with fondness. |
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