Red Cliffs/Irymple RSL Sub-Branch

18/10/2026

Lest We Forget

Why do we pause at 11 am on 11 November?

At 11 am on 11 November 1918, after more than four years of fighting, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. More than 70 million people had been mobilised for the First World War. Between 9 and 13 million died, and as many as a third have no known grave.

The allied nations chose that day and that hour to remember the people they had lost. From the first anniversary in 1919, the silence of the Western Front was recalled at the eleventh hour in ceremonies across many allied nations, and it has been kept every year since.

On Wednesday 11 November, when 11 am arrives where you are, pause for one minute's silence for all those who died or suffered while serving in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

Why do you pause at 11 am? Tell us in the comments. 💬

🔗 The origins of Remembrance Day: https://brnw.ch/21x6unh

📸 An unidentified cinematographer films the last shots fired before the Armistice, 11 November 1918. A03267

17/10/2026

14/10/2026

Did you know that the first Anzac day was on 13th October??
The shift of Anzac Day to April 25 was driven by a desire to align the commemoration with the exact calendar anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, moving away from a convenient fundraising date to a profound day of national remembrance.
The transition happened through a series of official and cultural steps:

1. Early Calls for the Anniversary Date (July 1915)

Even before the 1915 fundraising carnival in South Australia took place, people were already looking for a meaningful way to mark the landing. As early as 2 July 1915, the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Galway, publicly proposed that if a day were to be chosen as a national day, it should be April 25 to honor the "heroes" of Gallipoli.

2. Official Naming and the First Anniversary (1916)

In early 1916, the Acting Australian Prime Minister, George Pearce, officially named April 25 as "Anzac Day". On 25 April 1916—exactly one year after the landings—the first true anniversary commemorations were held across Australia, New Zealand, London, and military camps in Egypt.
• In London, over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets to Westminster Abbey.
• In Australia, major marches were organized featuring wounded soldiers from Gallipoli, accompanied by solemn dawn services and a national minute of silence.

3. Codification as a National Holiday (1920–1927)

"Lest We Forget"

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13/10/2026

Today marks 24 years since the Bali bombings, a tragedy that claimed 202 lives, including 88 Australians, and left many more injured.

We remember those who lost their lives, the survivors, and the families and communities forever changed by the events of 13 October 2002.

We also acknowledge the Australian Defence Force personnel who responded in the days that followed.

Through Operation Bali Assist, Air Force crews and aeromedical evacuation teams undertook Australia's largest aeromedical evacuation operation since the Vietnam War, transporting critically injured Australians home for urgent medical care.

Their extraordinary efforts, alongside those of medical professionals, emergency responders, and support personnel, helped save lives and shaped Australia's military aeromedical evacuation capabilities for years to come.

Today, we honour the victims, stand with those who continue to carry the impact of the attacks, and recognise all who answered the call to help.

📸 Members from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Ambulance Service NSW worked together unloading Bali blast victims (Defence Image Library).

13/10/2026

11/10/2026

Remembrance Day is on the horizon.. our Sub-Branch will be selling Poppies at Bunnings and Ritchies Red Cliffs and Irymple. If you can spare 2 hours to do a shift please contact President Peter Fleming O.A.M.

11/10/2026

05/10/2026

RSL Victoria remembers the service and sacrifice of Sapper Ramon Deed who lost his life in the service of his country during the Vietnam War.

This Remembrance Day who will you remember?

29/09/2026

For those members who live around Red Cliffs and use ethe pathology at the Sunraysia Medical.. This is a post about the closure on the 1st October..

Caroline Hudson
posted toRed Cliffs Community Billboard
7 hours ago ·
Hi all, I have been asked to post this here - there will be another pathology replacing the Douglass Hanly Moir pathology that is closing on 1st October at the medical clinic. The other pathology will be up and running hopefully by the middle or closer to the end of October.
This is not the clinic's decision. We are only losing a service temporarily.

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