RSL Wanneroo

Narrogin Remembers 2026

Invitation to attend our service.

On Wednesday 11 November 2026, Narrogin R.S.L invites the Narrogin community to unite to honour the service and sacrifice of Australian servicemen and servicewomen at the annual Remembrance Day Service.

📍 Memorial Park, Narrogin
🕥 Please be seated by 10.30 am
🕚 Service commences 11.00 am

🍽️ BBQ lunch to follow - all attendees welcome
$2 gold coin donations👍🏻

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause to remember those who served our nation and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Lest We Forget.

Our deepest sympathy and condolences to family & friends of the Australian Army Soldier who was tragically killed in a training exercise at Mt Bundey Training area.
Our thoughts and best wishes for a speedy recovery to other personal injured.

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Force in Motion brings defence personnel, veterans and the wider defence community together for a morning of movement and connection at Kings Park.

Held as part of Land Forces, this 45-minute circuit-style session is delivered by RSL Active, Revive Physiology and 13 Brigade Physical Training Instructors. It is welcoming to all fitness levels, whether you train regularly or are simply looking to get active and meet others.

📅: Wednesday 7 October
🕛: 6:45am to 7:30am
📍Exhibition Ground, Kings Park and Botanic Garden (the large open space behind the trees on Frasers Avenue)

The first 20 registrations will receive a goodie bag on arrival. 🛍️

Register via the link in the comments.

Smile with me this morning-Joy

On 20 September 1999, Australian personnel led INTERFET, the International Force East Timor, into Dili. Around 5,500 Australians served under Major General Peter Cosgrove's command, alongside forces from 22 nations. It was the largest Australian deployment since the Vietnam War, and the first time Australia led an international coalition.

The mission that began that day extended well beyond the initial INTERFET rotation. Over 18,000 Australians served in East Timor and Timor-Leste between 1999 and 2013. Six Australians died in service.

For many families in our community, East Timor is close to home. It is where a husband, a partner, or a child spent months, sometimes years. It is a place that we still talk about at home or with friends we catch up with. A place still remembered through the medals and photographs kept in a drawer and the memories that still live within us.

To those who served in East Timor and Timor-Leste, and to the families who stood behind them, we honour you today.

Lest we forget.

📷 INTERFET medic Private Tammy Smithson shelters a child during a medevac in Grotu, in the mountains of the border area of Southern East Timor. Photographer WO2 Al Green, V9920028. Image courtesy of the Department of Defence.

Lest we Forget.

Today marks the birthday of Private Joseph Piercy, born on this day in 1890.
Piercy was born in Magill, South Australia.

When he was still a young boy his family moved to Perth and took up residence in Guildford. Piercy was enrolled at the local primary school, before attending Perth Boys High School in James Street, Perth.

After school he was apprenticed for five years as a pattern maker with the locomotive department of the Western Australian Government Railways.

Between 1907 and 1910, Piercy served with the Citizen Forces in the 1st Battalion of the Australian Infantry Regiment, where he attained the rank of sergeant. He joined the AIF at Blackboy Hill on 2 September 1914, one month shy of his 24th birthday. He was placed with C Company of the 11th Battalion.

Find out more about his story at the National Anzac Centre by asking for his character card.

Book your visit now at nationalanzaccentre.com.au

Editor’s note: This post begins Joseph Piercy’s First World War story at the rank he held in 1914. His military career saw him progress to the rank of General.

Can anyone help 🙂

**Seeking photographs and information about Bryan Penney**

We have received a request from the family of **Bryan Lawrence Penney**, who served with **6 Platoon, Bravo Company, 3 RAR in 1971**.

Bryan recently passed away, and his son-in-law, Alexander Latham, is hoping to find photographs, memories or information about Bryan’s service to preserve for his grandchildren.

Bryan also has an entry on the Australian Virtual War Memorial. If you served with Bryan or have reliable information, photographs or recollections, please consider helping to expand and update his record:

Virtual War Memorial | Bryan Lawrence PENNEY

https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/826996

You are also welcome to leave a comment below or send the page a private message. Even a small recollection may mean a great deal to Bryan’s family and help preserve his story for future generations.

Please share this request among the 3 RAR and wider veteran community.

**Lest We Forget.**