MAROUBRA A TREK TO RETRACE FOOTSTEPS

The Maroubra RSL sub-Branch has provided financial support to a commemorative trip for serving ADF members to the Kokoda Track.

The sub-Branch contributed $5,000 towards porterage for participants on the trip, which marked the 80th anniversary of the Maroubra Force – the infantry force that later fought on the Kokoda Track in 1942.

The two-week expedition featured members of the her great-uncle at Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.

16th RWAR Battalion and the 39th OSB Battalion, who retraced the track in opposite directions – the 16th trekking from north to south, the 39th south to north, with the two groups meeting for a service at Brigade Hill.

The ashes of Alan ‘Kanga’ Moore, the last surviving officer of the Maroubra Force’s 39th Battalion, accompanied the troops to Papua New Guinea and were scattered at Isurava and Bomana.

A formal service was later carried out at Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby.

Maitland Marking A Centenary

The Maitland RSL Auxiliary celebrated its 100-year anniversary with style – and a tremendous culinary effort.

Members and local leaders gathered at Club Maitland City for a delicious sit-down lunch to mark the centenary, which was attended by Maitland RSL sub-Branch President Fred Goode OAM, Maitland RSL Auxiliary President Christine Kidd and Member for Maitland Jenny Aitchison MP.

The trio was joined by Auxiliary members Peggy Hume and Helen Rae for the cutting of a rather sizable cake in vibrant blue and yellow.

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The event attracted 45 attendees and raised $400 for the sub-Branch.

“All the money stays in Maitland, and it goes towards helping the veterans out if they’ve got any kind of problem, and they can come and ask for help,” Kidd told the Maitland Mercury