Shortland RSL Sub-Branch

04/09/2026

🍽️ GREAT FOOD, GREAT ENTERTAINMENT & 80 YEARS TO CELEBRATE

This October, Shortland RSL Sub-Branch is celebrating 80 years of service, remembrance and community with our 80th Anniversary Commemorative Gala.

We’re incredibly pleased to have Mezzo Catering taking care of the evening’s catering. With more than 20 years of experience, Mezzo has built an outstanding reputation for exceptional food and presentation, catering everything from intimate celebrations to major events and Hollywood movie premieres.

Together with live entertainment from the Australian Army Band, drinks and a formal dinner, it’s shaping up to be a fantastic night.

🎟️ Tickets are open to the general public – $100 per person. Current members of Shortland RSL Sub-Branch just $70

⚠️ Bookings close Tuesday, 15 September — so don’t leave it too late! Tickets available here 👇

https://www.trybooking.com/DNSWH

📅 Saturday, 17 October 2026 | From 5pm
📍 Shortland RSL Sub-Branch, 3 Conmurra Circuit, Shortland

👇 Check out the event below for full details

https://www.facebook.com/share/19GE9X41NJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Shortland RSL sub branch is a veteran and volunteer run organization that supports veterans and the local community.

03/09/2026

On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied powers aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially bringing World War II to an end. The ceremony came after Japan had announced its decision to surrender on August 15, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war against Japan.

By the summer of 1945, Japan’s military position had become desperate. Its navy and air force had been severely weakened, Allied bombing had devastated Japanese cities, and a naval blockade had crippled the country’s economy. After the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the Soviet Union also entered the war against Japan and launched an offensive in Manchuria.

Emperor Hirohito ultimately decided that accepting surrender was preferable to continued destruction. On August 15, he announced Japan’s surrender to the Japanese people in his first-ever radio broadcast. However, the formal surrender ceremony was delayed until September 2 so representatives of the major Allied powers could attend.

That morning, more than 250 Allied warships were anchored in Tokyo Bay as Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed on behalf of the Japanese government.

General Yoshijiro Umezu then signed for Japan’s armed forces. Allied representatives followed, including General Douglas MacArthur for the Allied powers and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz for the United States. Representatives of China, Britain, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand also signed.

The ceremony lasted about 20 minutes. With the final signatures completed aboard the USS Missouri, the most devastating global conflict in history had officially come to an end.

03/09/2026

Hello Members, This is a new month and a reminder that if you have a BIRTHDAY this month, why not come in to the Sub-Branch for your FREE BIRTHDAY DRINK, we are shouting, so if you come into the sub-branch during the week of your birthday on a Wednesday 5-7pm or Saturday 4-8pm we will shout you a FREE drink. Cheers.

02/09/2026

Mozzie was a member of Army Cadet (2017) prior to joining the ADF as an Infantrymen. Mozzie discharged from the ADF and later left to fight in Ukraine.
I believe he came from Port Stephen/Madowie area.

27/08/2026