THE Sub-Section sausage sizzle kiosk in the Bunnings Virginia car park today was a HUGE success! Regularly, on certain weekends ever since the Superstore on Sandgate Road came online on Saturday, 21 December 2019, Sandgate Sub-Section has manned the tongs. Our crew of stalwart volunteers served up several hundreds of Read more…
SANDGATE Sub-Section was proud to be associated with the addition of hundreds of Great War and World War II-related military insignia, badges, books and ephemera into the collection of the Army Museum South Queensland at Brisbane’s Victoria Barracks today. The incredible gift represented the lion’s share of a private collection Read more…
A life of service. By DARBY ASHTON, President, Sandgate Sub-Section, (with thanks to Trevor Rigby). John Robert Carlyon OAM was born at The Entrance, in New South Wales, on 12 May 1933. John started his schooling there until his parents sent him to the Wyong Public School where his grandfather was Read more…
Calling all Naval Association of Australia Sandgate Sub-Section members! For this coming Anzac Day, veterans are encouraged to participate in the Driveway Observance Campaign at 6am on 25 April 2020, and — for posterity — to share with your shipmates an image of your own personal involvement in this (hopefully) Read more…
SANDGATE Sub-Section was honoured to be associated with the Dedication Ceremony of a new War Memorial and Remembrance Gardens at Murrumba Downs on 6 February 2020. Fig Tree Retirement Village, located at 1 McClintock Drive, some 40km north of Brisbane, spent much of the last year organising the installation of Read more…
IT’S on again — the Sub-Section sausage sizzle kiosk will be setting up in the Bunnings Virginia car park on the last Saturday before Christmas! Come on down to the brand-new Superstore on Sandgate Road on Saturday, 21 December 2019. We’ll be on-site for a 7am start. As usual, our Read more…
MY YOUNG ENDEAVOUR REPORT BY SETH SHOUBRIDGE Intro How do you describe the experience of a lifetime? The Young Endeavour was not something I could anticipate a year ago. Everything about that ship and the experiences I had, changed my life for the better. It encouraged me to live my Read more…
NAVAL OFFICER ON HORSEBACK Royal Review of Forces THE Royal Review of naval and military forces, to be held in The Domain on Monday [ 29 June 1936 ], in commemoration of the King’s birthday, will be the most colourful parade seen in Brisbane since the inception of voluntary training. Read more…
THE legacies of World War I and how they shaped modern day Queensland will be the focus of Queensland Museum’s new permanent exhibition, Anzac Legacy Gallery, which opened on 10 November 2018. Minister for the Arts and Minister for Science, the Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, said Anzac Legacy Gallery featured more Read more…
DATECLAIMER: Friday, 26 October 2018, 7pm to 9pm, Currumbin RSL, 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin, Queensland. Tickets: Just $20. It will be a hoot! ABOUT THE RANVB THE Royal Australian Navy Band Association Incorporated (the “RAN Veterans Band”) is an Ex-Services Organisation (“ESO”) formed in 1993 and made up of former Read more…