REMEMBRANCE Day is coming up next Friday, 11 November, and the Stanthorpe and District Sub-Section of the Naval Association of Australia is raising funds for veterans through the sale of memorabilia.
Sub-section president Norm Gale said he and other volunteers will be at Soul Pattinson Chemist on Maryland Street and at Spano’s Stanthorpe IGA this week and next selling a range of badges, figurines, medallions, caps and World War I ‘infantry bears’.
Money raised will go to support veteran organisations including Soldier On and Mates for Mates and local organisations.
The sub-section is also busy preparing for a major event in 2017 – the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
The event will include a dinner on the evening of Saturday 6 May at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre and will be attended by the Deputy Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Michael Noonan with invitations also extended to Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Queensland State Governor Paul de Jersey AC.
A contingent of US Coral Sea veterans will also be travelling to Stanthorpe for the anniversary commemorations.
The Battle of the Coral Sea, which was fought from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia.
For more information about the Saturday 6 May event contact Norm Gale on 0435 619 626.
