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OoZoo Newsletter of Rotary Club of Mosman
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Volume : W22, Issue Number : W22-138 (16/11/2024)
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Borogegal and Cammeraigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which our Club meets. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Attendance Table Roster for 2024-25
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Mon 4th. Danny Low - Trip to Nepal
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Wed 6th. Board Meeting: & Dinner - Mosman Rowers
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Mon 11th. Club Forum: Director Update plus Club Member Q&A
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Mon 18th. Yvette Vignando, CEO Mary's House Svcs
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Mon 25th. Donna Braye:Local Studies Coordintor, Mosman Library
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Mon 2nd. Speaker to be Confirmed
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Wed 4th. Board Meeting: & Dinner- Mosman Rowers
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Sat 7th. Mosman Markets - Rotary Stall
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Mon 9th. No Meeting - Christmas Party Week
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Tues 10th. Club Xmas Party, Balgowlah Golf Club 6.30pm to 7.00pm
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Thurs 12. Mosman Night Markets - Rotary Stall
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Mon 16th. Club Forum Director Update plus Club Member Q&A.
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Mon 23rd. Christmas Week. - No Meeting
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Mon 30th. New Year Week. No Meeting
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Mon 6th No Meeting … Club Picnic Saturday 11th (To be confirmed)
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Sat 11th. Club New Year Start Picnic ..
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Mon 13th. Speaker to be Confirmed
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Wed 15th. Board Meeting: & Dinner - Mosman Rowers ?
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Mon 20th. Club Forum: Director Update plus Club Member Q&A.
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Mon 27th. Speaker to be Confirmed
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The Rotary Club of Mosman wishes to thank Kennard’s Storage Artarmon for their support in providing storage for our Club and Hotel Mosman for their continuing donation of funds to assist us support our local community.
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Yvette will be coming to update us on Mary's House following our recent donation of $5000 and our Christmas Raffle fundraiser dedicated to Mary's House.
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Yvette is a strong, values-based leader, passionate about Mary’s House Services’ core message. She has a track record of warmth and engagement. Yvette’s background includes legal practice, management in not-for-profit environments, fundraising, publishing and media, company secretarial and executive coaching with a specialisation in emotional intelligence. Her career reflects a commitment to contributing to community wellbeing and safety, particularly children’s social and emotional wellbeing, social justice, health and education.
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Established in 2015 and launched in 2016 on the lower north shore of Sydney, services are available to women of all faiths and cultures from anywhere in Australia. Mary’s House Services is also committed to raising awareness about domestic and family violence, promoting education about the dynamics of abusive relationships, and advocating for societal change, to create a safer and more compassionate community for everyone.
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Pam was inducted as our newest member on Monday by Presidents Ruth and Halyna. She was accompanied by her partner, Robert Ingles.
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President Ruth and Immediate Past President James laid a wreath at the Mosman Cenotaph at 11am on Monday 11th November.
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And thanks to PP Di for the following:
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On this day in 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.
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None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.
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The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.
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Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.
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On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:
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"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".
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On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside. There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.
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Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen-gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals. A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.
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The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.
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It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son... This is the reason we wear poppies.
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We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.
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Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.
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At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them
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| President |
Ruth Thompson/Halyna Koscharsky |
| Immediate Past President |
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| Rotary Foundation |
Richard Vahtrick |
| Secretary |
Graeme Robinson |
| Treasurer |
Derek Andrew |
| Club Administration/Service |
Mark Wallis |
| Community Service |
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| International Service |
Barry Starr |
| Welfare and Engagement/Membership |
Di McKenzie - Rabu |
| President Elect |
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| Youth Service |
Shirley Owles/Brian Owles |
| Sergeant-at-Arms |
Blair Leslie |
| Assistant Secretary |
Dominique Rabu |
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