NETHERLANDS EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMENÕS ASSOCIATION IN AUSTRALIA
NSW BRANCH
2008 EVENTS CALENDAR
January
Sunday 24th 1300 NESWA luncheon at Ò NeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
February
Friday 1st 1030 Visit by Lieutenant General Marine Corps Lt Gen Rob Zuiderwijk, Chief of Navy,
wreath laying at the Cenotaph Martin Place, followed by a reception in The Westin Hotel
Tuesday 19th 930 Bombing of Darwin Commemoration -Courthouse Reserve Bankstown NSW
Sunday 24th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
Friday 29th 1100 Battle of the Java Sea Commemoration-Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney
March
Monday 3rd 1600 AGM Australian Veterans & Defence Services Council-Department of Veterans Affairs Offices
2nd floor 280 Elisabeth Street Sydney NSW
Monday 17th 1300 Branch Committee meeting at Abel Tasman Village Chester Hill NSW
Sunday 23rd 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
April
Sunday 13th 1100 Merchant Navy Commemoration at Navy Chapel adjacent to the Merchant Navy
lawn cemetery Rookwood NSW
Wednesday 16th 1000 Kindred Organisations Committee meeting RSL Headquarters Canberra ACT
Friday 25th 1130 Anzac Day march participation and reunion lunch in Mandarin Club cnr Goulburn &
Pitt Sts Sydney
Sunday 27th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
Wednesday 30th 1800 Queens birthday celebration at the Masonic building cnr Pitt & Goulburn Sts Sydney NSW
May
Sunday 4th 1100 Doden Herdenking at the Netherlands Military monument Sir Thomas Blamey Square
Russell ACT
Saturday 10th 1130 Doden Herdenking at the Abel Tasman Village Waldron Rd Chester Hill NSW
Monday 19th 1300 Branch Committee meeting at Abel Tasman Village Chester Hill NSW
Sunday 25th ? 1000 Commemoration Japanese submarines attack Sydney Harbour at North Head
Manly NSW
Sunday 25th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
June
Sunday 29th 1300 Veterans Day lunch at "Neerlandia" Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
July
Monday 21st 1300 Branch Committee meeting at Abel Tasman Village Chester Hill NSW
Sunday 27th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
August
Friday 15th 1100 Victory in the Pacific Commemoration Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney NSW
Sunday 17th 1400 Annual General Meeting NSW branch-Auburn RSL Northumberland Rd Auburn NSW
Tea/coffee etc will be served prior to the meeting
Sunday 24th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
September
Wednesday 3rd 1100 Battle for Australia Commemoration, at Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney NSW
Monday 15th 1100 Battle of Britain Commemoration at Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney NSW
Sunday 28th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
October
Wednesday 15th 1000 Kindred Organisations Committee meeting RSL Headquarters Canberra ACT
Monday 20th 1300 Branch Committee meeting at Abel Tasman Village Chester Hill NSW
Sunday 26th 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
November
Sunday 9th 1100 Allied Air Forces Church service Lindfield NSW
Sunday 23rd 1300 NESWA luncheon at ÒNeerlandiaÓ Bantry Bay Rd Frenchs Forest NSW
Friday 28TH 1200 Christmas lunch TAFE Ryde NSW
Members who are interested in attending any of the above functions please contact:
Tony van Grieken OAM-National Secretary-NSW President/Secretary
Phone 02 9971 7715-Fax 02 9981 3022
Email avangrieken@Ozemail.com.au