Remembrance Day on Tuesday 11 November is a time for us to come together, pause for one solemn minute, and pay heartfelt respect to the courage and sacrifice of our veterans and current serving personnel.
RSL Remembrance Day services will be held across Australia.
In Bayside the Kingsgrove RSL Club will hold its wreath laying ceremony on Sunday 9 November at 10:30am.
Other Remembrance Day wreath ceremonies will be held in Bayside on Tuesday 11 November at 10:30am.
The Mascot RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance Day service will be at Mascot Memorial Park on the corner of Coward and Botany Road Mascot.
The Botany RSL Sub-Branch service will be held at Booralee Park on the corner of Daniel and Bay Street in Botany.
The Bexley RSL & Community Club, Brighton RSL Sub-Branch, Earlwood/Bardwell Park/Marrickville RSL sub-Branch, Ramsgate-Rockdale RSL sub-Branch will also hold Remembrance Day services on Tuesday 11 November. The Ramsgate-Rockdale RSL sub-Branch service will start at 10am.
The 11 November marks the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I. Every year at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, millions around the world pause in silence to remember the sacrifices many have made so we can enjoy life today.
In a moving tribute, the Opera House will also be lit up again with poppies, the formal symbol of Remembrance Day which commemorates the end of World War I.
Paul Graham OAM, from Eastlakes, was the president of the Mascot RSL Sub-Branch and in 2015 he started a campaign and lobbied the NSW Government to have the Opera House Sails lit up with poppies on Remembrance Day. It first happened in 2016 and has since become an annual event.
Contact an RSL Sub-Branch near you for more details:
Arncliffe RSL sub-Branch
71 Wollongong Road, Arncliffe
