ANZAC DINNER 2018
WHEN & TIME
MONDAY 23rd APRIL 2018 – 6.30 pm for 7
WHERE
THE WEST PENNANT HILLS SPORTS CLUB 103 New Line Rd, West Pennant Hills
COST
$50 – for a delicious 2 course meal. Drinks at own cost.
RSVP
To assist with catering arrangements please reply by the 16th April to :
Lion – Peter Butler noreen.peter@bigpond.com -9980-6553 (MOB: 0411 174 905)
Our traditional warm welcome & great fellowship is assured. All serving and ex –servicemen may wear their medals.
Guest Speaker
Annette Guterres
Australian Co-ordinator of the International Bomber Command Centre and part of the team of volunteers to interview veterans for the digital archives
– In September 1940, Winston Churchill said, “the fighters are our salvation but the bombers alone provide the means of victory”. These words are carved on one of the walls of the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, London. Between Dunkirk in 1940 and D-Day in 1944, Bomber Command, later supported by the American 8th Air Force, provided the only continuous strategic attack against the German Forces on the western front. Of the 105,000 airmen that served in Bomber Command 57,861 or 55% perished including 4,000 Australians plus those killed in training. Bomber Command represented 2% of all those who served but 20% of the casualties. Their devotion to duty laid the foundation for D-Day and preserved for us the democratic society and freedoms, which we enjoy today. Twenty-four Victoria Crosses were awarded to Bomber Command personnel.
BOOKING SLIP – ANZAC COMMEMORATION DINNER 2018
Please return your RSVP to : West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Lions Club by the 16th April 2018 – Peter Butler 18 Tudor Ave, Cherrybrook, NSW 2126 or advise via email : noreen.peter@bigpond.com or MOB 0411 174 905
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Number of Attendees ………………… @ $50 per head. Cheque Enclosed $ ………………… OR pay direct to WPH-C Lions Club BSB 082-155 Account No. 509 568 934
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The famous Lancaster Bomber and its aircrew 1944