Masterton RSA is an affiliated member of the Royal New Zealand
Returned and Services Association.
The
RSA Executive Committee are responsible for the
administration of the assets of the
Association as well as promoting and fostering RSA interests in the
Wairarapa. Monthly social afternoons with a guest speaker are held at
the Wairarapa Services
&
Citizen's Club from 1.30 to 3 pm on the 1st Thursday of each month. A
good
time to meet and greet.
The
RSA Officers are::
Office
hours:
The
office is situated in the Wairarapa Community Centre at 41
Perry
St Masterton and is open between.10am and 2pm Monday, Wednesday
& Friday - phone (06) 929 7000.
Outside these hours please contact the President or Secretary (see
above) or enquire at Club
Wairarapa
Welfare:
The
Welfare Officer, is
responsible for maintaining the Welfare fund for disbursement to
Returned Service persons and their immediate families and a Benevolent
fund for other members. The Welfare Committee
visits members in rest
homes and hospitals and provides a transport service for members to
attend medical appointments.
Club
History Room:
Bevan
Hefferen has assembled a collection of memorabilia which
is now on display at the Club. Th e History Room is open from 2 pm
on Wednesdays and at
other times by request. You are welcome to drop in
to view the
collection. Donations or the loan of items are always very
warmly
received. For more information please click here.
Joining
Information:
If
you wish to join the RSA please phone the secretary or
call at the Wairarapa Services & Citizens' Club to pick up an
RSA
membership application form. This is separate from the Club application
form and a copy is available for download on the 'How to Join' page of
this website.
Remembrance:
A
verse from Laurence Binyon's poem 'Ode to the Fallen' is recited every
Friday at 18:00 hrs in the Club.
They
shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.
Age
shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At
the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We
will remember them.
Important
RSA dates:
Poppy
Day
For 85
years Poppy Day has been an annual event usually held on the Friday
before ANZAC Day.
It
is the most important fundraising appeal of the year for the RSA,
providing funds specifically for the assistance of returned servicemen
and women and their dependants in need.
On
Poppy Day RSA volunteers throughout New Zealand offer red poppy
buttonholes in exchange for donations to the RSA Welfare Fund.
ANZAC
Day
ANZAC
Day (25 April) is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for
those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned
servicemen and women.
25
April is the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New
Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915. On the first anniversary of
that landing services were held throughout the country in remembrance
of the 2,721 New Zealand soldiers who died during the eight-month
Gallipoli Campaign. Since 1916 ANZAC Day has evolved to the observance
we know today.
Armistice
Day
Armistice
Day (11 November) marks the anniversary of the Armistice that ended the
First World War and commemorates the sacrifice of those who died
serving New Zealand in this and all wars and armed conflicts.
At the
going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will
remember them.
Lest we
forget
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