Victorian Branch Meetings
The MHSA Victoria Branch meets each month on the fourth Thursday at the Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL in Oakleigh,
at 20:00 hours (8.00pm) and are usually concluded by 22:00 hours (10.00pm).
Oakleigh - Carnegie RSL Address
Dinner can be availed of at the Club’s Bistro before the meetings and refreshments are available throughout.
Guests are always welcome.
There is also trading of collectable books and memorabilia at each meeting.
Excursions are also planned to sites of military history relevance in Melbourne and Victoria.
Military Historical Society of Australia
Victorian Branch Inc
The schedule for the Branch in 2012 is as follows:
25th January note: Wednesday night not the usual Thursday Colonial and British soldiers:
'Show and tell' for members with ancestors or otherwise for the pre-Federation period.
23rd February Veteran Guest Speaker - Maurice Blackwell, Korea veteran and Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Smith AM.
22nd March Member Speakers George Ward & Bill Black : The 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore.
26th April Guest Speaker : Kim Fawkes - Australian built RAAF Beauforts and the cause of the high number of crashes
24th May MHSA Member Speaker - Paul Roos: SADF - The Bush War Campaign
3 June Special Guest Speaker from Varlet Farm, Poelkapelle, Belgium : Charlotte Descamps
28th June 3rd Cobby Oration - Subject: Lieutenant-General Stanley Savige
