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Sunbury Victoria Sub-Branch RSL A social club for ex Service men and women. Situated in Stawell Street Sunbury.3429

28/10/2026
26/10/2026

How did a wildflower become the symbol of Remembrance Day? 🌺

During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to return to the shattered battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Soldiers said their colour came from the blood of their mates.

At Ypres in 1915, the poppies moved Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae to write a poem that begins:

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row"

Moina Michael, who worked for the American YMCA, read the poem just before the Armistice and resolved to wear a red poppy always.

Anna Guérin, the French YMCA secretary, took the idea further, selling poppies to support widows, orphans and veterans in need. The poppy was soon worn across the allied nations.

In 1921, the forerunner of the RSL imported a million silk poppies made in French orphanages and sold them for a shilling each, splitting the money between a charity for French children and its own welfare work.

The RSL still sells poppies for Remembrance Day today.

đź”— Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21x6Dk5

📸 Artwork: Kenneth Macqueen, 'Wild poppies, Mont Kemmel',
c.1917-1918, watercolour on paper, 11.9 cm x 17.6 cm. ART93950
(Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009)

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ATTENTION MEMBERS.........31/10/2026 OGM Meeting Notice.

30/09/2026

Saturday Monthly Meeting! Social Arvo afterwards.

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Friday Night Frothies, as usual!

21/09/2026

Friday Night Grand Final Eve! Open?
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17/09/2026

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Memorial Hall , Stawell Street
Sunbury, VIC
3429

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 6pm
Friday 6pm - 10pm

Telephone

+61397404401

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