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April 2015 Page 1 Kiwanis Club of Moorabbin K06652 April 2015 Special points of interest: Anzac Day District Convention Poppy Park Inside this issue: Click to select. Officers 2 President’s Report 3 Anzac Day 4 Anzac Day 5 Convention 6 Poppy Park Penrith 6 Registration Form 7 Gala Dinner 8 Eliminate 9 Around & About 10 Diary Dates 11 Objects 12 Lest We Forget Last edition, I had planned to compare the celebration of 100 years of Kiwanis to 100 years of the Anzac tradition, but instead, the March edition served to recognise the achievements of Len Winnell, and to ensure that his legacy remains with us. This month on pages 4& 5, is a summary of the history of Anzac Day. In the editorial of *’Mufti’ on 1st May 1939 there was the following quote: In the 24 years that have elapsed since the “Landing”, the “Day” has increased in significance into Australia’s National Day. Australia emerged to the full stature of Nationhood on 25th April 1915. On commenting on that full editorial, the current President of the Victorian RSL David McLachlan states that the reference to the present generation of 1939 becoming “firmly established as the repository of a priceless tradition” resonates even more strongly today. I would therefore ask that on 25th April, that you think not of how many sausages we can sell at Bunnings, but of the sacrifice made by so many of our fellow Australians and New Zealanders, in all military engagements undertaken by our two countries. Perhaps attend the Melbourne or your local Dawn Service. There is no question, that the support and participation in Anzac Day has increased since it’s low point in the late 60’s, despite the fact that there are no longer any ww1 vetrans living. This is mostly due to the fact that children of vetrans are now able to march in their place, and that the long deserved recognition of the indigenous Australians who served and died for us has swelled those numbers. It’s worth remembering our own special returned serviceman Ralph Doddrell, who served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF, and returned to be one of the founders of Kiwanis Australia, and the Charter President of Moorabbin Club. On Friday 24th April, we will again be assisting the residents at Warrawee Community Village to celebrate Anzac Day. Please make sure you are available if possible. A few days ago, I received a facebook post from my sister in Penrith NSW. This was to show me the way that Penrith recognised soldiers who died in World War 1 and all campaigns up to Afghanistan. They planted 102,000 red poppies, each labelled with the name of a fallen soldier. More details on page 6. Ed. * ‘Mufti’ The official Journal of the Victorian Branch of the RSL.

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Kiwanis Club of Moorabbin K06652

April 2015

Special points of

interest:

Anzac Day

District

Convention

Poppy Park

Inside this issue:

Click to select.

Officers 2

President’s

Report 3

Anzac Day 4

Anzac Day 5

Convention 6

Poppy Park

Penrith 6

Registration Form 7

Gala Dinner 8

Eliminate 9

Around & About 10

Diary Dates 11

Objects 12

Lest We Forget

Last edition, I had planned to compare the

celebration of 100 years of Kiwanis to 100

years of the Anzac tradition, but instead, the

March edition served to recognise the

achievements of Len Winnell, and to ensure

that his legacy remains with us.

This month on pages 4& 5, is a summary of

the history of Anzac Day.

In the editorial of *’Mufti’ on 1st May 1939

there was the following quote:

In the 24 years that have elapsed since the

“Landing”, the “Day” has increased in

significance into Australia’s National Day.

Australia emerged to the full stature of

Nationhood on 25th April 1915.

On commenting on that full editorial, the

current President of the Victorian RSL David

McLachlan states that the reference to the

present generation of 1939 becoming “firmly

established as the repository of a priceless

tradition” resonates even more strongly

today.

I would therefore ask that on 25th April, that

you think not of how many sausages we can

sell at Bunnings, but of the sacrifice made by

so many of our fellow Australians and New

Zealanders, in all military engagements

undertaken by our two countries. Perhaps

attend the Melbourne or your local Dawn

Service.

There is no question, that the support and

participation in Anzac Day has increased

since it’s low point in the late 60’s, despite

the fact that there are no longer any ww1

vetrans living. This is mostly due to the fact

that children of vetrans are now able to march

in their place, and that the long deserved

recognition of the indigenous Australians who

served and died for us has swelled those

numbers.

It’s worth remembering our own special

returned serviceman Ralph Doddrell, who

served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF,

and returned to be one of the founders of

Kiwanis Australia, and the Charter President

of Moorabbin Club.

On Friday 24th April, we will again be

assisting the residents at Warrawee

Community Village to celebrate Anzac Day.

Please make sure you are available if

possible. A few days ago, I received a

facebook post from my sister in Penrith NSW.

This was to show me the way that Penrith

recognised soldiers who died in World War 1

and all campaigns up to Afghanistan. They

planted 102,000 red poppies, each labelled

with the name of a fallen soldier.

More details on page 6.

Ed.

* ‘Mufti’ The official Journal of the Victorian

Branch of the RSL.

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The Club meets at The Buckingham Motor Inn

1130 Nepean Highway Highett (Melway 77 F9)

1st and 3rd Monday Each Month.

Fellowship 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm.

OFFICE BEARERS 2014 - 2015.

President Q3 Tim Vine

President elect. Allan Lord

Imm Past Pres. Geoff Hergt

Secretary Bryan Williams

Treasurer Bryan Williams

Peter Pahl

******

Directors. Ian Howison

Allan Lord

COMMITTEES:

Fundraising Bryan Williams (C)

Community Service Ian Howison (C)

Membership and Growth Janet Arnfield (C)

Peter Pahl

Publicity Tim Vine

House & Reception Peter Pahl

Web Master Tim Vine

Bulletin Tim Vine.

*********************

Our President

2014-2015 (Q3)

Our Secretary

2014-2015

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Welcome to quarter 3 of this Kiwanis Year. With the passing of Len last month, we lost a friend and colleague, and a willing pair of hands who helped us achieve our goals of community service, and support for the children of the world. This brings our membership down to 9, and with only 9 sets of subs, and 9 workers for any service jobs, the task has escalated dramatically in difficulty. Should we be panicking yet? Well perhaps we should, as history shows that we can only successfully recruit new

members through our existing members. We cannot wait for other members to do it, so it has to be us, and it has to be soon. Do it for Len!

Talk about Kiwanis to everyone who will listen, and talk as though you are proud to be a Kiwanian. We have new club brochures (OK flyers) available, and I can assure you that stored in a box in a member’s garage will not help you interest anyone in joining us. Hand them out!

You also have a great story to tell, namely Eliminate. I’ve yet to find anyone who thinks it’s a dumb idea to eliminate a completely treatable disease from our planet. Talk to parents (you know the ones with children). They are guaranteed to be interested in this story, and perhaps may even want to help.

In August this year, the Australia District Convention will be held in Melbourne.

What a great opportunity to attend a local Convention in our Centenary year. Your invite appears on page 6, and if you wish, there is an early bird registration form available on our website (front page link), or you can download it from this link here.Early Bird Registration.

Note. This Early Bird registration does not provide a financial benefit as has been the case in previous years, it simply secures your registration.

Also note that we have an invite from Brighton and Melbourne Clubs to attend their

Gala fundraising Dinner on 15th May (see page 8). Lets help them!

Yours in service,

Tim Vine

President Q3 2014 - 2015

Are you ready for Kiwanis One Day on April 11?

Kiwanis One Day will be here very soon! This is a great

opportunity to share the Kiwanis story and to inform your

community about your Kiwanis club, your activities and

the ways you support your city or town. Kiwanis One

Day is Saturday, April 11, a day when Kiwanians around

the world will gather to help their communities.

This year clubs are being encouraged to make a video of

their Kiwanis One Day project—not specifically to be

shared with the media but to be shown at our convention in Indianapolis. However, your

club can post the video on your club’s Facebook Page, or push it out via Twitter. Watch the

Kiwanis One Day contest video and read the contest guidelines.

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Anzac Day Saturday 25 April 2015 Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which

we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

The spirit of Anzac, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have

meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity

Why is this day special to Australians?

When war broke out in 1914, Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years. The

new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. In

1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to

capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The ultimate

objective was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul in Turkey), the capital of the Ottoman

Empire, an ally of Germany.

The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance

from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out

of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end

of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and

endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. News of the landing on

Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25 April soon became the day

on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war.

Although the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives, the Australian and New Zealand

actions during the campaign left us all a powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as

the “Anzac legend” became an important part of the identity of both nations, shaping the ways

they viewed both their past and their future

Early commemorations

The 25th of April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916. It was marked by a wide variety of

ceremonies and services in Australia, a march through London, and a sports day in the Australian

camp in Egypt. In London over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the

streets. A London newspaper headline dubbed them “the knights of Gallipoli”. Marches were held

all over Australia; in the Sydney march, convoys of cars carried wounded soldiers from Gallipoli

attended by nurses. For the remaining years of the war, Anzac Day was used as an occasion for

patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and parades of serving members of the AIF were held in

most cities.

During the 1920s Anzac Day became established as a national day of commemoration for the

60,000 Australians who had died during the war. In 1927, for the first time every state observed

some form of public holiday on Anzac Day. By the mid-1930s, all the rituals we now associate

with the day – dawn vigils, marches, memorial services, reunions, two-up games – were firmly

established as part of Anzac Day culture.

With the coming of the Second World War, Anzac Day also served to commemorate the lives of

Australians who died in that war. In subsequent years the meaning of the day has been further

broadened to include Australians killed in all the military operations in which Australia has been

involved.

Anzac Day was first commemorated at the Memorial in 1942. There were government orders

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prohibiting large public gatherings in case of a Japanese air attack, so it was a small occasion,

with neither a march nor a memorial service. Since then, Anzac Day has been commemorated at

the Memorial every year.

What does it mean today?

Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national remembrance, which takes two forms.

Commemorative services are held at dawn – the time of the original landing – across the nation.

Later in the day, ex-servicemen and women meet to take part in marches through the major cities

and in many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are more formal and are held at war

memorials around the country. In these ways, Anzac Day is a time when Australians reflect on the

many different meanings of war.

The Dawn Service

The Dawn Service observed on Anzac Day has its origins in a military routine which is still

followed by the Australian Army today. During battle, the half-light of dawn was one of the most

favoured times for an attack. Soldiers in defensive positions were woken in the dark before dawn,

so by the time first light crept across the battlefield they were awake, alert, and manning their

weapons; this is still known as the “stand-to”. As dusk is equally favourable for attacks, the stand-

to was repeated at sunset.

After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the comradeship they had felt in those quiet,

peaceful moments before dawn. A dawn vigil, recalling the wartime front line practice of the

dawn ‘stand-to’, became the basis of a form of commemoration in several places after the war.

There are claims that a dawn requiem mass was held at Albany in 1918, and a wreath laying and

commemoration took place at dawn in Toowoomba the following year. In 1927 a group of

returned men, returning from an Anzac function held the night before, came upon an elderly

woman laying flowers at the as yet unfinished Sydney Cenotaph. Joining her in this private

remembrance, the men later resolved to institute a dawn service the following year. Thus in 1928

150 people gathered at the Cenotaph to for a wreath laying and two minutes silence. This is

generally regarded as the beginning of organised dawn services. Over the years the ceremonies

have developed into their modern form and also seen an increased association with the dawn

landings on 25 April 1915.

Today dawn services include the presence of a chaplain, but not the presence of dignitaries such

as the governor general. They were originally very simple and followed the military routine. In

many cases, attendance at the dawn service was restricted to veterans, while the daytime

ceremony was for families and other well-wishers. Before dawn, the gathered veterans would be

ordered to “stand to” and two minutes’ silence would follow. At the end of this time a lone bugler

would play the Last Post and then conclude the service with Reveille, the bugler’s call to wake up.

In more recent times families and young people have been encouraged to take part in dawn

services, and services in Australian capital cities have seen some of the largest turnouts ever.

Reflecting this change, those services have become more elaborate, incorporating hymns,

readings, pipers, and rifle volleys. Other services, though, have retained the simple format of the

dawn stand-to, familiar to so many soldiers.

The above information is provided courtesy of the Australian

War Memorial

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Poppy Park Penrith. Poppy Park is a vision of

Remember A Soldier

organisation, to commemorate

the sacrifice of over 102,000

soldiers who have given their

life, in campaigns from Sudan

in 1885 to present day

Afghanistan, to uphold

freedom in our country.

This commemorative park was

established in Judges Park

Penrith from 21st March-29th

April 2015 and covers

2000sqm. Poppies are symbolically displayed to form the shape of a giant poppy with the

name of each fallen hero attached to the stem. Additional purple poppies were placed to

remember the animals who died in the various conflicts. You can purchase a poppy

singularly for $9.95, in packs of four, 10 or 100. There is also special school packs of

100 or 1000.

It was a weekend filled with commemoration and celebration as Penrith locals came out

on High St for the Penrith CBD Festival and the official opening of the Anzac Poppy

Park memorial. Early birds who ventured out at 9am were treated to a low-level air

force display put on to ring in the official opening of the Poppy Park.

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The Kiwanis Clubs of Brighton and Melbourne have organised a Fundraiser for

Heartkids, and the details are in the flyer below. You are cordially invited to

attend what sounds like being a most enjoyable night. Perhaps we could get a

Moorabbin group to attend.

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Kiwanis club makes history as 400K Club Thursday, March 12, 2015

The Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto, California

recently made campaign history as the first

pledged 400K Club.

In 2012, the club board made a 100K Club

pledge, stipulating it would not affect the

club’s local fundraising projects. The club is

now committed to raising US$400,000 for

The Eliminate Project.

We have found the Centennial Award to be very appealing to our members. We

believe we will reach and surpass our goal through such individual giving.

I guess that’s not too difficult for a club based in Silicon Valley, but it’s still an

incredible effort. Just in case you win Tatts, and can’t think of what to do with

your winnings, the details of the Centennial Award are included below, and the

link to the web page is included here.

As far as the Moorabbin Club is going, despite the fact

that we have lost several members since our original

Model Club commitment ($750/member), we are

currently sitting at 87% of this target. As long as we keep

the target in view, we should make it comfortably.

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IMPORTANT DATES. 10th April Karen Howison’s Birthday

18th April Eleanor Griffith’s Birthday

24th April ANZAC Service @ Warrawee

25th April ANZAC Day

25th April Bunnings BBQ (Moorabbin)

7th May Tim Vine’s Birthday

9th May Lonnie Williams’ Birthday

Last month I was with a group who travel away every year, and had the opportunity to visit Marysville. The group includes a Rotarian, a Lion, and a Kiwanian, so I thought this was a great opportunity to show them one of the achievements of Kiwanis, namely the rebuilt Rotunda (Bandstand). My first stop was the grand Information Centre in the main street

complete with displays of the aftermath of the 2009 bushfire, and some of the rebuilding that has taken place since. I stepped up and explained that I was from Kiwanis, and would like to see the Rotunda that was rebuilt by Kiwanis. Never heard of Kiwanis, and asked if we were a part of Lions. OK then

if you go down the road, before the creek, you will see the Lions Park, and there’s a shelter there that could be it. One of the volunteers in the information centre who had heard our conversation said that there was another

shelter over the creek and off to the right, beyond the park that could be it. Red faced, I thanked them, and went to explore. I walked down to the Lions Park, and entered to discover beautifully sculptured pathways and shrubs, and a magnificient play area built by Rotary. A little further down, I discovered an impressive shelter, and my heart leapt, until I remembered the photo I had seen of the Kiwanis Rotunda, and realised that this was certainly not it. This was confirmed by the Plaque proudly

displayed on the front. I continued down until I came to the creek, and then had to venture back to the road. The area on the other side of the creek did not look particularly promising, but then I saw it back towards the tree line. I headed towards it, and circled it searching for a plaque. There was none. Shortly after I arrived, a young mother with a toddler in a pram arrived, and proceded to change the infant. I was glad to see it was being used, even if none of the locals knew where it came from, and certainly no visitors are likely to come across it. The lesson I learned that day, was that Kiwanis will always unknown if we continue to hide our achievements from the public.

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Diary Dates.

Members please note!

The information below is correct at the time of going to press, but can change.

All changes are posted on the Club Website, so please check there.

13th April Club Dinner Meeting & Board Meeting

6:30 for 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Tim Vine

Programme A look at Global Warming

Invocation & Vote of thanks Peter Pahl

20th April Club Dinner Meeting (Partner’s Night)

6:30 for 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Tim Vine

Programme Barbara Cohen & Patricia Culliver

Bentleigh Baysider Falls Clinic

Invocation & Vote of thanks Allan Lord

24th April ANZAC Service

10:30 am Warrawee Retirement Village

Volunteers will be given their roster/duty on 20th April meeting

4th May Club Dinner Meeting

6:30 for 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Tim Vine

Programme The Ancient Art of Auction—Allan Lord

Invocation & Vote of thanks Geoff Hergt

Note: You will be booked in for dinners, unless you apologise to Bryan.

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* Please ring Bryan Williams on 9587-6980 by Sunday Evening, if:

1.) You are unable to attend a Club Meeting and / or

2.) You are unavailable to carry out your duty on your rostered day. (ie. Vote of thanks)

Should you not advise Bryan of your inability to attend by the appropriate time and the club incurs

expenses as a result, you will be required to reimburse those expenses to the Club.

Kiwanis Australia District

47th Annual Convention

28th/29th August 2015

Let’s make History Bell City Mantra and BreakFree Hotels 215 Bell Street Preston, Vic. 3072

Click here for Registration Details

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Visit us on www.kiwanismoorabbin.org.au to find the very

latest activities of our club.

THE OBJECTS OF

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL.

1. TO GIVE primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the

material values of life.

2. TO ENCOURAGE the daily living of the Golden Rule in all

human relationships

3. TO PROMOTE the adoption and the application of higher social,

business and professional standards.

4. TO DEVELOP, by precept and example, a more intelligent,

aggressive and serviceable citizenship.

5. TO PROVIDE, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form

enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build

better communities.

6. TO COOPERATE in creating and maintaining that sound public

opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of

righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.