Lenah Valley RSL
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, young people…
Before I begin I would like to acknowledge that we gather on the land of the palawa/pakana, the original and traditional owners of this land, our beautiful home…lutrawita/Tasmania. I would like pay my respects to elders past and present and extend that respect to all first nations people with us today.
As we gather today to honour the bravery, sacrifice and resilience of those who have served and died for our country, we also give thanks for those who continue to strive for our freedom.
Once again there were increased turnouts for both the Dawn Service and the Main Service in 2025.
The Dawn Service was conducted by Peter Dane, President Andrew McShane and the Rev. Charles Holmes – Chaplain. Lindsay McTye provided a photo presentation on the wall of the Pat Murnane Memorial Hall. The Veteran Dedication, provided by Adele McTye and was about Private David Joseph Curran.
On Monday 14 April 2025 the Hon. Jacquie Petrusma, Minister for Veterans Affairs officially opened the Veterans Reflection Walk and Memorial in the Haldane Reserve behind the Lenah Valley RSL.
The Veterans Reflection Area and Memorial was the brain child of LVRSL members Josh Weir and Peter Dane and was completed with the assistance of funding of $ 5,000 obtained from the Teddy Sheean VC Memorial Grants Program.
The Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge which is run by the Lenah Valley RSL was held on Sunday 2 March 2025.
This event is a major fundraiser for RSL Welfare services.
The Tasmanian RSL Golf Challenge was first held in 2011. It is held at the Claremont Golf Club in March each year and is an 18 hole Ambrose event.
On Remembrance Day 2024, we gathered to acknowledge, honour and remember those who have served our country in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
This year marks 110 years since the start of the First World War, in what was Australia’s costliest conflict. After four years of continuous fighting, the guns of the Western Front fell silent at 11am on 11 November 1918.
Work commenced on the Haldane Reserve, Veterans reflection area and memorial on Wednesday 21 August 2024.
Club President Andrew McShane, Club Patron Don Jeffrey, and the committee held a presentation and recognition celebration at the Club on Tuesday 20th August to celebrate the presentation of a number of important milestones and awards.
A number of LVRSL former members were prisoners of war. In the main, these men were members of the 2/40 Australian Infantry Battalion which was made up of mainly of Tasmanian Servicemen with some members also from Victoria.
A list of LVRSL past members, who were POW’s and/or members of the 2/40 Battalion follows below (although we acknowledge that the list is likely incomplete):