The Oakleigh Carnegie RSL Sub Branch was honoured to hold two Commemorative Services this year to mark Armistice Day.
On Sunday 10th November, the Remembrance Sunday service saw the community able to participate in a service to honour and remember those who have served, and continue to serve.
Doug Pendergast, President OCRSL, said that he was pleased that the Sub Branch could again hold a service which included our community leaders, community organisations, Oakleigh Police, the MFB, schools, scouts and guides.
“I thank Oakleigh Brass who played in the park prior to the service and to Zoe from Oakleigh Brass who played the Last Post and Reveille. Josh Chandler, Moorabbin Pipe Band, also made a huge contribution to the service by playing during the laying of wreaths and at the end of the service.”
“We are always grateful to the Australian Great War Association for providing the Catafalque Party for our services, and once again they brought great dignity to the service.”
Doug said he was particularly pleased to have Erin Bibby, student Sacred Heart Girls’ College, read the poem ‘In Flanders Field’, and to conclude the service with an original poem written by Ben Neubauer, a Grade 6 student at Malvern Valley Primary School.
On Remembrance Day, Monday 11th November, President OCRSL, Doug Pendergast, attended the Oakleigh Cenotaph again to conduct a short service marking the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time that the Armistice was signed in 1918 to end World War 1.
He said that the Oakleigh Carnegie RSL Sub Branch was pleased to celebrate its Centenary this year and to continue the work started by those who came before us and who have left us a great legacy.
“At the Oakleigh Carnegie RSL we are dedicated to honouring that legacy by continuing to support our veterans, their families and carers, and by ensuring the building which they worked hard to achieve is upgraded and maintained so it remains in our community.”
“As a traditional club (no gaming) we are also committed to being an integral part of the broader community in which we sit.”
We Will Remember Them.
Lest We Forget.