STATE WAR MEMORIAL
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them
Lest we forget ....
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STATE WAR MEMORIAL
WREATH LAYING SERVICES 2011
As at September 2011
Only those services that have been approved are shown. More applications are expected to be received. Services are held at either the Cenotaph or the Flame of Remembrance depending on preference of the organisations seeking to hold a service.
Day/Date/Time |
Organisation |
Location |
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Sunday 13 Feb 1100hrs |
WRAAC Association (WA) |
Flame |
Monday 14 Feb
1100hrs |
National Servicemen’s Association (WA) |
Cenotaph |
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Friday 11 Mar
0930 hrs |
Consulate General of Indonesia |
Cenotaph |
Saturday 26 Mar 0945hrs |
RAAF Association.
Anniversary of formation of the RAAF |
Flame |
Sunday 27 Mar
1230 hrs |
Consulate of Greece
(National Day) |
Cenotaph |
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|
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Monday 25 Apr
0548 hrs |
ANZAC Day Dawn Service |
Cenotaph |
|
|
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Monday 9 May
1100hrs |
Australian American Association (Battle of the Coral Sea) |
Flame |
Sunday 15 May
1230 hrs |
Consulate of Greece
(70th anniv Battle of Crete & mainland Greece) |
Cenotaph |
Sunday 24 May
1130hrs |
RSL Women’s Auxiliary Conference |
Flame |
Monday 30 May 1050hrs |
North American Veterans’ Unit (USA Memorial Day) |
Flame |
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Wednesday 1 Jun
0945 hrs |
Indigenous War Graves Committee. Commemoration of Indigenous Veterans |
Flame |
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Sunday 17 Jul
0830 for 0900 hrs |
Ass’n of the Movement of Serbian Chetnicks Combatants |
Cenotaph |
Sunday 17 July
1200 hrs |
Cypriot Community of WA |
Cenotaph |
Wednesday 27 July
1000 for 1030 hrs |
Korea & South East Asia Veterans Association |
Their plaque in Court of Contemplation. |
Sunday 31 Jul
1030 for 1100 hrs |
AATTV Association |
Cenotaph |
|
|
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Wed 31 Aug
1130 for 1200 hrs |
National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Ass’n.
Merdeka Day |
Flame |
|
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Sunday 11 Sep
1200 hrs |
Maltese Association |
Cenotaph |
Tuesday 27 Sep
0930 for 1000 hrs |
Australian Army Cadets Brigade.
Exercise Southern Cross |
Flame |
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Sunday 23 Oct
1200 for 1230 hrs |
Consulate of Greece. OCHI Day |
Cenotaph |
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Sunday 6 Nov
1030 for 1100hrs |
Highgate RSL |
Flame |
Thursday 11 Nov 1100hrs |
Remembrance Day |
Flame |
Monday 21 Nov
1030 for 1100hrs |
War Widows’ Guild |
Flame |
Friday 25 Nov
1800 for 1830hrs |
RSL State Congress |
Cenotaph |
Organisations seeking to hold a remembrance/wreath-laying service at the State War Memorial should write, at least two months (preferably three months) in advance, for approval to:
Kevin Davidson, MVO, OAM
Chief Executive Officer
RSL WA Branch
PO Box 3023
Perth Adelaide Terrace WA 6832
Preliminary enquiries can be made to:
Geoff Simpson RFD
Deputy Warden
State War Memorial
Tel: 0408 925432
e-mail:
gsimpson001@optusnet.com.au
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For interest, the year on year comparison of number of services is:
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total |
2004 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
30 |
2005 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
31 |
2006 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
31 |
2007 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
32 |
2008 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
33 |
2009 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
30 |
2010 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
30 |
| 2011 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3* |
1* |
4* |
|
24* |
* more expected but have not yet written for approval.
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