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What's new on our website?
Check out the recently published photographs of the
Sunday Memorial Luncheon held 6th November 2011
at Frasers Restaurant
Click here to see..
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We recently received a letter from
Commodore Bob Trotter OAM RAN (Ret'd) FIE Aust
Past National & WA President, Memorial Officer, Naval Association of Australia....
Dear President, Committee and Members of Highgate RSL,
The HMAS Sydney II Memorial at Geraldton, WA and the recently completed Pool of Remembrance, were designed and built by Smith Sculptors. During the fund raising campaign for the memorial in the late 1990s, a Silver Gull Sculpture was commissioned and offered as a limited edition of 645 and not all were taken up. As an acknowledgment of the 70th Anniversary of the loss of HMAS Sydney II and of the commissioning of the Pool of Remembrance, Smith Sculptors and the Rotary Club of Geraldton are re-offering the remaining sculptures in the Limited Edition of the HMAS Sydney Silver Gull Commemorative Sculpture.
It is in solid silver and is offered at a price of $2,950 each, one third of which will be a donated to Geraldton Rotary and reserved for upkeep and development of the HMAS Sydney II Memorial. I have been asked to contact various interested Ex-Service Organisations to request them to publish the offer in their newsletters and newspapers and websites.
Thank you for your assistance with this worthy cause.
Bob
Commodore Bob Trotter OAM RAN (Ret'd) FIEAust
Past National & WA President, Memorial Officer, Naval Association of Australia
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Items of interest - Welfare Assistance
If any Sub-Branch member is suffering financial hardship, or has knowledge of another veteran, widow, or ex serviceman/servicewoman (even if not RSL members) experiencing temporary or permanent financial stress - then help is available through the RSL. It can be via the Sub-Branch Secretary (Margot Harness - (H) 9293 1076), or the State Welfare Officer: Rosalind Howat (9287 3707). Both can provide/mail out application forms, on request; or they can be accessed via the State RSL's web-site: www.rslwa.org.au Help may be in the form of Coles or Woolworths cards for groceries; assistance to pay necessary utilities bills; or to provide for "one-off" items that the person cannot afford to purchase - for example: essential white goods or a replacement HWS, car repairs or tyres etc. No reasonable request is ignored. All cases are evaluated on their merits. Every case is confidential. Welfare assistance can be varied -
Examples may include:
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British, US, NZ, Canadian and former Allied veterans can seek assistance with Disability Compensation, as well as monetary help. Mrs Howat (9287 3707 - Mob: 0400 200 191) is the best contact; she can also arrange Hospital visiting and/or home visits for elderly veterans/widows/ex service personnel with personal problems.
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Need for Legal advice. The RSL State Welfare Officer can arrange for a half-hour's free Legal advice (in such matters as Family Law, probate and Wills, charges under the Criminal Code etc).
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Referral to a range of government and non-government agencies.
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Assistance with Emergency housing, seeking rental accommodation.
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