A Remembrance Day of Sunshine and Reflection

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on the first Friday of the month however, The Hut access has been suspended until further notice due to construction works ---- 

Remembrance Day turned out to be warm and sunny - perfect for our outdoor commemorative service. It was also a great relief following weeks of intermittent rain.

Although the attendance was what I would call 'moderate', Friday of course is a workday, so many people who may have attended on a weekend weren't available at 10:30 am when our commemorative service commenced. A few people turned up shortly before 11 am.

Priest and currently serving Army chaplain, Mark Sexton again did an excellent job throwing in a couple of anecdotes based on military service. Our President, Trevor Klose was the Master of Ceremonies and similarly did a respectable job taking attendees through the order of service.

Several wreaths were laid and all of us who attended had time to reflect on those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice and thousands of others whose service we honour, including those now in the Australian Defence Force.

Preparing for ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day begins a few months ahead of the scheduled events and requires quite a lot of work from committee members. 

Close to the events, we're fortunate and most appreciative to have the help of Faith Lutheran College students to install our crosses. Each cross bears the name of one of our fellow Australians who died in service to our country and is placed in alphabetical order according to the theatre of war in which they served.

The photo above shows several students and their teacher supervised by our member Neville Jaeschke who volunteers to do this job twice per year. The teacher told us these year-eleven students are going to be college leaders in their final year at the college.

The finished job looks very impressive as you can see in this photograph.

In previous years we have invited people to have lunch at our Hut following the service but unfortunately, due to the construction work currently being undertaken in the Tanunda Recreation Park, it wasn't possible to do so this year.

By ANZAC Day 2023 we expect the construction work to have been completed and we'll be back to normal.

Happy Hours and Hut Access Suspended

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ----  

Regrettably, due to the ongoing construction within the Tanunda Recreation Park, Happy Hours and general access to The Hut have been suspended until further notice. 

Access to The Hut is currently difficult with several approaches fenced off because of the ongoing construction. The access avenues available are unsafe for our members and as such, the Committee has decided not to open The Hut until access becomes safe. 

All members with email have been advised. If you know members without email, please let them know.

As soon as safe access is available, we'll let you know.

A Successful Remembrance Day Appeal

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- Once again the generosity of our fellow Barossans and some visitors came to light during our Remembrance Day Appeal we held outside Foodland Tanunda.

Two lovely ladies agreed to pose

For those of us who volunteered at the memorabilia tables, it was a wintery experience as the front of Foodland is like a wind tunnel. But being the devoted and hardy souls we are, we beavered on and made a healthy amount for our sub-branch on behalf of those who serve and have served in the Australian Defence Force, their families, and our community.

We handed out 500 or more free poppies to young and old to wear on Friday, 11 November 22 or as often as they wish. I believe more will be available at the Tanunda Memorial Gardens where we hope we'll see you at 10:15 am for a 10:30 am commencement.

We were delighted to hear some parents telling their youngsters about the RSL and military and why we hold Remembrance Day.

As always, we are most grateful for the ongoing support we receive from our community.

As an afterthought, if you didn't get that badge, cap, mug or something from our memorabilia collection you really wanted, if you click on Military Shop link in the right hand column, you can visit their site to check out the vast array of militaria available.

Remembrance Day Memorabilia Special - Order Now

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- 

The Military Shop has a range of new and exciting memorabilia of all sorts, badges, key chains, pens, bucket hats, umbrellas ... you name it, they have it.

You can get yours mailed to you today by clicking here or you can visit one of our kiosks outside Foodland Tanunda on Wednesday, 2 Nov 22 (the day after the Melbourne Cup) and Thursday, 3 November 33.

We'll have a wide variety of memorabilia available at our kiosk, but you'll find much more at the Military Shop.

The writer has just ordered three of the "Family of Veteran" badges for his son, daughter, and grandson to wear on 11 November every year.

Yes, they last forever. Buy once, you never have to buy again but there are always new and attractive additions to the Military Shop's collection.

For example, look at the product below. It's an example of a new range of poppy badges that has the campaign medal colours for all wars in which our heroes have fought. This one is the Vietnam War poppy.

Anything you buy from the Military Shop benefits our sub-branch as we earn a commission.

Cancellation: Luncheon for Lance Dahlitz

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- 

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the luncheon planned for this coming Friday to celebrate Lance Dahlitz's 100th birthday and founding membership of our sub-branch. This has been brought about by a lockdown of the residential where Lance resides.

An email advice has been sent to members but if you know of anyone who was planning to visit who may not be on our contact list ie, not a member, please let them know.

The Committee is hoping that we can arrange a n alternative luncheon post-lockdown.