Yass RSL Sub-Branch

28/08/2026

🐻 LEGACY WEEK IS HERE 🐻

It is Legacy Week, and the Yass–Boorowa Legacy Group will be out in force with fundraising stalls across our district!

📍 Where to find them — Friday 4 & Saturday 5 September:
🛒 Woolworths and IGA (Yass & Boorowa)
🛍️ Rotary stall, Meehan Street
🏪 Murrumbateman Store
🍻 Local pubs & clubs (Friday evening)

Grab a teddy bear, badge or pen and help support the incredible work of Yass–Boorowa Legacy, which assists 44+ beneficiaries — widows, widowers, children and people living with disabilities connected to our veteran community.

Their 18 volunteers, many veterans themselves or with close family ties to service, provide personal contact, welfare support, advocacy, financial assistance and social inclusion programs for local families — plus support for young people up to 25 in education, camps and activities.

Please get behind Legacy Week and show your support for the families who have given so much. 🇦🇺

24/08/2026

Murrumbateman run/walk & coffee/tea catch up is back on again this Saturday. Read the poster for more information.

17/08/2026

What a wonderful day we had on Sunday with lots of veterans and their families joining us at Murrumbateman for a get together lunch! What a wonderful step forward for the Murrumbateman chapter.

And a wonderful thank you to Yass Valley Mayor Jasmin Jones for coming down and having a chat with everyone.

Yass RSL Sub-branch

17/08/2026

To my friends on here whom are Vietnam Vets,, Thank You

L E S T W E F O R G E T 🌿🌺
Vietnam Veterans Day is commemorated on 18 August every year. The day was originally known as Long Tan Day, chosen to commemorate the men of D Company, 6RAR who fought in the battle of Long Tan in 1966. On that day, 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought a pitched battle against over 2,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation not far from the small village of Long Tan.

The Australians prevailed, but only after fighting in torrential rain for four hours. They were nearly overrun, but were saved by a timely ammunition resupply, accurate artillery fire from the nearby Australian base, and the arrival of reinforcements by armoured personnel carrier. Eighteen Australians lost their lives and 24 were wounded, the largest number of casualties in one operation since the Australian task force had arrived a few months earlier. After the battle the bodies of 245 enemy soldiers were found, but there was evidence that many more bodies had been carried away.

On the third anniversary of Long Tan, 18 August 1969, a cross was raised on the site of the battle by the men of 6RAR. Veterans from the battle gathered at the cross to commemorate the fallen, and the day was commemorated by them as Long Tan Day from then on. Over time, all Vietnam veterans adopted the day as one to commemorate those who served and died in Vietnam.

In 1987, following the very successful Welcome Home parade for Vietnam veterans in Sydney, Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced that Long Tan Day would be known as Vietnam Veterans Day. Since then, it has been commemorated every year as the day on which the service of all those men and women who served in Vietnam is remembered.

12/08/2026

Reminder that our Veterans Hub is on today at 10am with a special guest from Open Arms - Veterans & Families Counselling. Len Waters Lounge, 15 Glebe St, Yass.

Good morning,

Don’t forget to come along tomorrow at Lex waters lounge, Linton village.

Can’t wait to see you,
Yass RSL Sub-Branch

12/08/2026

At tomorrows veterans hub, Yass RSL Sub-Branch will have a special guest from Open Arms - Veterans & Families Counselling.Len Waters Lounge, Linton Village, 15 Glebe St Yass from 10am. All are welcome to attend. 

12/08/2026

Join us again tomorrow, as we hold another veterans catch up! Bring the family along for a lovely cuppa and snacks.

Linton Village, 15 Glebe St, Yass

Yass RSL Sub-Branch

Please join us this Thursday for yet another hub meeting! 🍪☕️

Can’t wait to see you there,

Yass RSL Sub-Branch

09/08/2026

Join us for a great afternoon of good food and excellent company! The Yass RSL-Branch and Murrumbateman chapter warmly invite all current and former ADF members and their immediate families to a family lunch at the Murrumbateman Country Inn on Sunday 16th August from 12:00pm. Any current & Former ADF & there maybe eligible for a subsidised meal. Everyone is welcome to attend. To book please email or for more information please email, [email protected] RSVP by midnight 11th Aug.

01/08/2026

This time 29 years ago, members from our RSL Sub-Branch attended the Thredbo Landslide of 1997. Us as an RSL Sub-Branch are acknowledging those that went, in the Yass valley District, including:

Steve Neuhaus
John Hedges
Pete Chatwin