Where: Lane Cove Library 

When: 13 November 2018

Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm

Bookings: Call (02) 9911 3634

When:  Monday, 12 November 2018

Time:     5:15 PM

Venue: Banco Court

                Level 13, Law Courts Building

                Queens Square, Sydney

Introduction by the Hon Tom Bathurst AC Chief Justice of New South Wales

Major Adrian Consett Stephen Croix de Guerre Avec Palm, MC, MID

The aspiring barrister and law student killed in action with the Royal Field Artillery

By the Hon. Justice A.J. Meagher, Court of Appeal

Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey

The barrister, Rugby player and veteran of the Sudan, killed at Gallipoli

By the Hon. Justice J.K. Ward, Chief Judge in Equity

Lieutenant Edwin Mayhew Brissenden MBE, Ordre Du Merite Agricole

The barrister offered judicial appointment whilst on active service

By the Hon. Justice M.J. Slattery

These stories in commemoration are expected to conclude by 6:15 PM. Assistance with this commemoration from Mr Nick Sanderson-Gough of the Court’s Executive Office, and from Mr Tony Cunneen as historical consultant, is gratefully acknowledged. 

Western Sydney University have produced a book 'Too Dark To See' which commemorates the lives and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans and personnel serving in the ADF.

CLICK HERE to read the e-book

The Royal Australian Navy Band will commemorate the Centenary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War One in a special concert that pays tribute to those who fought, the families and communities left behind, and their legacies.

Sydney 11 November 7.30pm, City Recital Hall. Tickets available now. https://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/centenary-armistice

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/236886776986429/

This special concert on the day of the centenary of World War I’s Armistice presents Christopher Bowen’s An Australian War Requiem, a critically acclaimed meditation on conflict and loss with a uniquely Australian perspective. Set to a deeply moving libretto created by Pamela Traynor, based on letters between Australian soldiers at the front and their mothers, the work transcends the national context to portray the grief and loss as a truly universal experience.

Christopher Bowen: Music Director

Taryn Fiebig: Soprano

Ashlyn Tymms: Mezzo-Soprano

Andrew Goodwin: Tenor

Adrian Tamurini: Bass

Wade Kernot: Bass

Date: Sunday 11 November 2018

Time: 3pm

Venue: Sydney Town Hall

For more information such as ticket prices and bookings, please click here. 

A Nation’s Tribute - 11 November 2018

At 5pm on 11 November 2018, bagpipers across Australia will be part of an international commemoration to mark the signing of the Armistice in WWI. Australian pipers and bands will play The Battle’s O’er, a tune composed a century ago to honour those who served and to this day, regularly played by bands the world over.

Australia’s participation in the international commemoration is being co-ordinated by Pipe Bands Australia and is timed to coincide with pipers in Britain and across Europe playing The Battle’s O’er at the time the Armistice was signed at 6am in the Northern Hemisphere.

Sub-Branches are invited to participate and should register their interest with Pipe Bands Australia. Bands and individuals participating in the Battle’s O’er commemoration will receive a special certificate.

Please register your interest to participate via the Pipe Bands Australia website here.

If you sub-Branch is not associated with a local pipe band, please contact Pipe Bands Australia via email here and they will assist in helping your sub-Branch find a pipe band to collaborate with.

For further information, please download the Information Kit here.

Tours of Garden Island are conducted by the Naval Historical Society of Australia on most Thursdays.

The tour includes areas within the secure precinct of Garden Island - which is not open to the public - including the Kuttabul Memorial, the Garden Island Chapel, heritage buildings and the top of the Captain Cook Dock. 

Please note, there is quite a lot of walking involved and some stairs during the tour, so group members need to be relatively mobile. The tour is not suitable for visitors who utilise a wheelchair or walking frame.

For security reasons, names of attendees must be submitted to the Naval Historical Society of Australia no later than one week before the tour. Photo identification such as a passport or driver licence will need to be presented on the day of the tour.

The cost per person is $20.00. More information about the tour can be found here.

To book a tour or make an inquiry, please contact Paul Nolan or Frank Doughty on (02) 9359 2243 from the Naval Historical Society of Australia. 

Over the last four years we have worked with Rookwood’s War Grave office to hold ANZAC events commemorating Rookwood’s servicemen and women. 

As a part of this initiative, we also discovered over 1600 unofficial war memorials located in Rookwood that commemorate servicemen and women from World War I.  This includes memorials of young soldiers who died in training, returned service people memorialised in family graves, and symbolic monuments erected by families for soldiers killed or missing in action.

As a sign of respect to these servicemen and women, their memorials have been cleaned and services have been conducted at each site.  Our aim now, is to complete monumental repairs on the more deteriorated memorials, whilst at the same time sharing the many stories that we have uncovered. 

One of the ways we will share these stories is through the development of a video and booklet which will be unveiled at a commemorative event on Friday 9 November 2018.  This event will include an official service and an opportunity for attendees to place a poppy in memory of a loved one.

We would like to invite the community to attend this event and reflect not only on the servicemen and women interred at Rookwood, but on their own family and friends that for our country.  Attending this event will enable those that have lost someone through war, to reflect and remember their life. 

I hope that we can work together to communicate this event to our community and if you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Dimity d'Arbon, Rookwood Cemeteries Reserve Trust (02) 8575 8100