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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000
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SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mud and Blood\, Meg McNena’s compelling 80-minute\, six-actor play\, is about distinguished Australian general\, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott\, who led the Essendon Rifles and took most of them to WWI. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mud-and-blood-wwi-play-by-meg-mcnena-directed-by-alice-bishop-special-performance/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20150811T200000
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SUMMARY:31st State RSL Annual Remembrance Service
DESCRIPTION:The 31st State RSL Annual Remembrance Service will be conducted at the Springvale War Cemetery\, situated within the grounds of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery on Sunday 8th November 2015\, commencing at 2.30pm.\nWe would like to see this Service once again be one of our very special commemorative occasions.¬† This year marks the 97th year of the signing of the Armistice that ended ended World War I.¬† The Service commemorates those of our relatives and friends who paid the supreme sacrifice. \nThis year‚Äôs speaker will be Major General Dave Chalmers\, AO\, CSC (Ret)\, the First Assistant Secretary\, Commemorations and War Graves with the Department of Veterans‚Äô Affairs.¬† Last year\, Major General Chalmers was the Emcee for the Centenary Service held at Albany\, WA\, to mark the Centenary of the departure of our first convoy of troops to the Middle East and Europe and\, additionally\, he more recently acted as the Emcee for the Centenary of ANZAC Dawn Service held at Villers Bretonneux in France. \n  \nWIN Television Victoria regional news presenter\, Bruce Roberts\, will be the Service Emcee. \nThe use of hired coaches direct to the cemetery and return is recommended.¬† This option is even more attractive and viable should arrangements be made to allow the pick-up of other Sub-Branch and service group members at designated pick-up points along the route to Springvale.¬† For those travelling longer distances\, perhaps lunch somewhere along the route could be incorporated into the trip. \nTo make the use of coaches more convenient\, Sub-Branches might consider it more economical and appropriate to offer seats to those who are not normally associated with RSL or Unit Association activities.¬† Perhaps a call to the local press could assist in this way.¬† Many people throughout the State have relatives interred in the cemetery\, whilst many more have the names of relatives commemorated on name plaques in the adjacent garden of remembrance. \nOnly one tribute will be laid at the Cross of Sacrifice by the Returned Services League of Australia and that will be laid by the State President.¬† This means that Sub-Branches are not obliged to lay a tribute at the Service although they are encouraged to do so.¬† Those Sub-Branches that do may consider gifting a book on Australian military history book to a school identified by the Sub-Branch.¬† Provision will be made for the laying of Sub-Branch\, Women‚Äôs Auxiliary and personal tributes immediately following the laying of official wreaths. \nOnly the names of official wreath-bearers and Unit Associations will be announced as their tributes are conveyed to the Cross of Sacrifice.¬†  \n  \nPlease note that no announcements are made for Sub-Branch\, Women‚Äôs Auxiliary and personal tributes.¬† This has worked well in in the past and maintains a smooth flow during this most important part of the Service\, while keeping the Service from becoming too lengthy as well as maintaining dignity and respect. \nUnder cover seating will be provided\, however\, those desirous of bringing their own seats are well advised to do so. \nMedals and decorations should be worn. \nA plan showing the location of the cemetery (which is in the grounds of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery) is printed on the reverse of this Circular. \nParking is permitted on any cemetery road other than the Southern end of Second Road and Sixth Avenue along the Southern end of the cemetery. \nPLEASE RESERVE SUNDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2014 IN YOUR DIARY NOW.
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/31st-state-rsl-annual-remembrance-service/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20150910T040000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20150910T060000
DTSTAMP:20261004T092411
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SUMMARY:The Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landing 25th April
DESCRIPTION:Here is a rare opportunity to hear from an internationally renowned scholar about arguably the most important battle of the Gallipoli campaign from the Ottoman perspective.\n \nThe Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landing: 25 April 1915 places us one step closer towards better understanding the events of this fateful day. The landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 represents a significant moment\, not only for Australia and New Zealand\, but also for Turkey. Yet\, despite a plethora of accounts of the landing from the allied perspective\, a detailed account from the Turkish perspective had not been published in English until now. \n \nThe Ottoman Defence begins to address this imbalance in recording and understanding historical events. The challenge to clarify the fog and confusion of war has led the author to focus exclusively on that key first day of what would become an 8-month-long battle. \nUsing Ottoman military documents\, regimental war diaries\, personal accounts and memoirs\, Uyar describes the unfolding campaign\, unravelling its complexity and resolving many of the questions that have dogged allied accounts for a century. \nSignificantly\, Uyar resolves the enduring controversy about the presence of Ottoman machine guns. He confirms that while machine gun positions had been prepared on Ariburnu\, on 400 Plateau\, and near the Fisherman’s Hut\, the initial pre-dawn landing was not opposed by machine guns\, which had been kept in reserve. The first four machine guns arrived at Scrubby Knoll on Third Ridge around 0740 hours\, and four more arrived at Chunuk Bair around 1000 hours. Four more arrived around 1530 hours. \nThe Ottoman Defence enhances our understanding of the Ottoman military forces of the time and why they proved so successful in containing and ultimately defeating the Allied invasion. It helps to provide a more balanced and complete understanding of the chaotic events of that day and as such is both interesting and valuable to students of military history. \nMesut Uyar
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/the-ottoman-defence-against-the-anzac-landing-25th-april/
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