Applecross RSL WA

14/04/2026

Hoping to see you at our Dawn Service and Gunfire Breakfast on Saturday
25th April with the Service commencing at 6am.🎖️

Here are some photos from last years service.

14/04/2026

15/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the 84th Anniversary Commemoration Service of the SS Vyner Brooke Tragedy this morning at the Nurses War Memorial.

It was lovely to see our community gathered in reflection to honour those who served. We were especially honoured to have some of the nurses’ families attend and lay their wreaths.🕊️

Our sincere gratitude to everyone who made this service possible, your contribution made the morning truly meaningful. 💐

02/02/2026

All members are reminded about the Vyner Brooke Nurses' Commemoration Service on Sunday 15 February at the Point Walter Reserve Nurses' Memorial, Honour Avenue, Bicton, starting at 10.30am. All welcome. 🕊️

A busy bee to clean up the Memorial site will be held the day before on Saturday 14 February, from 4.00pm.

If you can help out, please bring equipment such as rakes, buckets, scrubbing brushes, water, brooms, secateurs, etc.

Your efforts will be rewarded by drinks and snacks at Margaret Herley's home afterwards, at 15 Linton Road, Attadale, from 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

Many hands make light work so please let me know if you can assist!

19/11/2025

Contact Information:

You can reach out to the Applecross sub-branch via their President at:

[email protected]

Facilities:

The RSL Hall at 98 Kintail Road, Applecross is available for hire:

It seats 75, has a kitchen with
refridgerator and stove, chairs and 10 trestle tables.

Events:

The sub-branch holds meetings on the second Thursday of each month commencing at 1pm.

The sub-branch also runs the Vyner Brooke Commemorative Service in Febraury each year, in memory of the Australian Army Nurses evacuated from Singapore in 1942, an Anzac Day Service and Gunfire breakfast on 25th April, an ANZAC Day Service at Wireless Hill on the Sunday before ANZAC Day, and a Remembrance Day service at Wirelss Hill on the 11th of November each year.

A number of social events are also organised for members throughout the year.

10/10/2025

The Nurses’ Story:

In 1940–41, Australian nurses joined the Army Nursing Service to “serve the boys.” Sent to Singapore instead of Europe, they faced bombing and invasion in early 1942.

Ordered to evacuate too late, 65 nurses boarded the SS Vyner Brooke, which was bombed and sunk on 14 February 1942. Twelve nurses died at sea; survivors reached Bangka Island.

There, Japanese soldiers executed the men and then machine-gunned 22 nurses one of which, Vivian Bullwinkel, survived to tell this dark story’.

Their bravery remains one of Australia’s greatest wartime stories.

25/09/2025

Our Vyner Brooke Memorial Ceremony is a Commemoration for the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) who served during World War Two and fled Singapore as it fell to the Japanese in February 1942.

WHEN: 15th February 2026
TIME: From 10:15am
VENUE: Nurses Memorial on Honour Avenue, Point Walter Bicton.

All members of the public are welcome to attend this service.