BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MHHV - ECPv6.2.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MHHV X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MHHV REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000 DTSTAMP:20260930T191321 CREATED:20190302T030409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T030409Z UID:9567-36000-1515531600@www.mhhv.org.au 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/ LOCATION:VIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161003T050000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161003T070000 DTSTAMP:20260930T191321 CREATED:20190302T022932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T022932Z UID:9300-1475470800-1475478000@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:A Noble Son Fall‚Äôn to Earth DESCRIPTION:It is thought that about 600 or so Australians served with the RFC\, the RNAS or the RAF in the Great War. In a number of cases some of these 600 had paid their own way to England to realise their flying dream and it is recorded that over 100 lost their lives as result of their war service. One of those young Australians who died in the service of the RFC was Lt. Lyle Buntine\, the eldest son of the Principal of Caulfield Grammar School. An outstanding athlete and medical student\, he joined the AAMC\, was commissioned into the British Army\, saw active service on the Western Front during the early months of the Battle of the Somme in 1916\, and was severely wounded in a gallant flying action for which he won the Military Cross – before he won the MC he had been shot down six times.\nTragically killed in a flying accident in Scotland some months later\, his family mourned his death from afar and collected and preserved every artefact and 160 letters and associated correspondence and papers from their ‚ÄúNoble Son Fall‚Äôn to Earth‚Äù written and collected by Lyle during his two years of active service. The efforts of his family and school to preserve his memory and honour his sacrifice are notable amongst Australians\, especially given that he was not an ANZAC and is seen by the AWM as being killed in the service of another country. \nDr Daryl Moran is a school teacher who holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Melbourne. A committee member of Military History and Heritage Victoria (MHHV)\, he has acted as convenor for conferences at the RAAF Museum Point Cook Air Force about Australia‚Äôs Air War in World Wars I and II. Daryl is completing a Master of Arts degree at Monash University where he has been undertaking research surrounding ‚ÄúWar and Memory‚Äù with a focus on World War 1. In particular he is studying the manner in which schools and society of the time prepared boys for military service\, encouraged their enlistment into the armed forces of the Empire and marked their service and sacrifice. \nEntry Fee $5 for MHHV Members and $10 others – includes a drink and snacks URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/a-noble-son-fallaon-to-earth/ LOCATION:VIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161009T053000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161009T070000 DTSTAMP:20260930T191321 CREATED:20190302T023742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T023742Z UID:9364-1475991000-1475996400@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Vietnam - Their War\, Their Stories DESCRIPTION:‘Vietnam – Their War\, Their Stories’ – Join us from 6:30 for 7:00-8:00pm on Wednesday 10th August when we have as special guests a select group of Vietnam veterans to give their personal reflections\, memories and stories of that long war.¬†\n \nThe panel format will feature: \n\nBruce Davies\, MBE\, a decorated member of the Australian Army Training Team who worked closely with Vietnamese soldiers over three tours\nLinda George\, an entertainer who came to Vietnam to support the diggers and nurses despite the dangers\nJim Archbold\, MM\, a military policeman who won a Military Medal while working with the Americans\nKen Dusting\, a RAN signaller working in the escorts for the fast troopship HMAS Sydney.\nThe Panel will also be joined by a veteran airman on the night\n\nThe presentation will also include context and insights from the Vietnam official historian and MHHV vice-patron\, Dr Peter Edwards\, AM. \nThe series of insightful and in-depth military history seminars by Military History & Heritage Victoria Inc. (MHHV) are held at the Pompey Elliott Memorial Hall in the Camberwell R.S.L. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/vietnam-their-war-their-stories/ LOCATION:VIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161013T040000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161013T060000 DTSTAMP:20260930T191321 CREATED:20190302T024002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T024002Z UID:9385-1476331200-1476338400@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Friends of the Fort Christmas Drinks DESCRIPTION:A Fort Queenscliff Museum Association ‚ÄúFriends of the Fort‚Äù social function\, in the form of Christmas Drinks\, is to be held inside the Fort Queenscliff Museum on Saturday 10th December at 5pm to 7pm\nDress: Smart Casual Price: $20.00 per head Drinks: Included Catering: Nibbles \nYou are invited to join The Friends of the Fort for Christmas Drinks in the Museum. A special new exhibit will be launched in the afternoon and we will be entertained by a Jazz trio. The $20.00 per head price includes wine\, beer\, bubbles\, soft drinks and nibbles. \nR.S.V.P: to Laura Perry by Monday 5th December 2016 URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/friends-of-the-fort-christmas-drinks/ LOCATION:VIC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR