CRESWICK-SMEATON RSL Sub-Branch

DEDICATION
The Creswick-Smeaton RSL website is dedicated to all those who have served in all conflicts and to those who made the supreme sacrifice to King, Queen and Country.

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Creswick-Smeaton RSL
Celebrating 100 years
19th March 1919 - 19th March 2019

Due to the CoronaVirus, all RSL activities for ANZAC Day have been cancelled.
This includes:
The Dawn Service, Gunfire Breakfast, ANZAC Day Service, and the ANZAC Appeal.
Members of the public with their own wreath, placed at the Cenotaph throughout ANZAC Day.
The Field of Crosses were on display for those wishing to pay their respects.

Upcoming Events

RSL Meetings - 2020
Last Wednesday of the month
12:00 RSL Hall, Albert Street

Due to COVID-19, all monthly meetings from March have been cancelled until further notice

26th February
25th March - Cancelled
29th April - Cancelled
27th May - Cancelled
24th June - Cancelled
29th July - Cancelled
26th August - Cancelled
30th September - Cancelled
28th October - Cancelled
25th November - TBA
December - Christmas Lunch - TBA

Recent Events

Remembrance Day
11th November 2020
Creswick Cenotaph
PUBLIC EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

[Ceremonies are now limited to 10 people, accordingly only RSL members will attend in person. ]

Thanks for your understanding,
Creswick RSL

If you want to lay your own wreath, you can do so anytime after the service.

We would like to thank the Council gardeners for the planting of the Flanders Poppies for our Remembrance Day Service this year.

15th August 2020
75th Anniversary VJ Day
Creswick Cenotaph
10:56 Hepburn Shire Town Crier - Philip Greenbank will read the meaning behind VJ DAy
10:59 - Creswick Light Horse Bugler Suzi Koene will play "The Last Post" 11:00 - Two Minute Silent
11:02 Suzi Koene will play "Reveille"
11:03 - Hepburn Shire Town Crier - Philip Greenbank will read "Cry for Peace Around the World".

8th May 2020
VE Day - 75th Anniversary
7PM Creswick Cenotaph
Hepburn Shire Town Crier - Philip Greenbank read the cry "Cry for Peace Around the World" followed by a Minute Silence.
Creswick Light Horse Bugler Suzi Koene then played "The Last Post"

25th April 2020
6AM Dawn Service
11AM ANZAC Day Service

Mining Mud & Medals
Book on the story of the Australian Tunnellers in WW1

Recent Web Updates

Kinston Honour Board relocation

Field of Crosses Memorial Gardens Project

Poems of the Era - 4, 5, & 6

Creswick Fire Brigade Honour Board

WW1 Enlistment Crosses updated
RSL Crosses updated
Family Memorial Crosses updated

26th January 2020
Australia Day Breakfast

11th November 2019
Remembrance Day Service
10:45am Creswick Cenotaph,
Albert St

25th August 2019
"Creswick's War" Book Launch
Author -Neil Leckie

25th April 2019 - ANZAC Day

- Dawn Service
- Gunfire Breakfast - Creswick Town Hall.
Services
- Kingston Avenue of Honour Memorial.
- Soldier’s Section. Creswick Cemetery.
– Memorial Stones, RSL Hall,
– ANZAC march
– Creswick Remembrance Service

16th March 2019
Creswick-Smeaton RSL Sub-Branch Centenary

What ANZAC day means to me - Mia Wallis
Heroes of Long Tan - Poem