Gawler RSL
| Type of organisation: | Community Service |
| Street number: | 2 |
| Street name: | Gosford |
| Street suffix: | Street |
| Town or locality: | Gawler West |
| Date established: | 1919
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The RSL Gawler Sub Branch commenced in 1919, their aim is “caring for the welfare and interest of its Members, ex service personnel and Members of the Australian Defence Force and their Dependents.”[1] Their original meeting place was the Foresters Hall in Murray Street.[2]
Evidently the RSL building 3 Cowan Street opened 10th December 1948.
Please click here for photos of Gawler RSL.
click here to see the Video of the unveiling of "The Hand" in Pioneer Park on 11.11.2018
In February 2020 Paul Little made a presentation to the Gawler History Team on the "History of the Gawler RSL", at the time he was RSL Gawler Sub Branch President and Pensions Officer.
Please <click here> to view slides used during Paul Little's presentation on the History of the Gawler RSL.
Please <click here> to view Paul Little's presentation on the History of the Gawler RSL.
Other Gawler RSL Presidents include Hanno Kohn (there are photos of Hanno Kohn during his time as RSL President at the 2013 Anzac Day Service) and Wayne Clarke (see his page for links to his oral history and photographs).
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