This file contains one item about the Caulfield RSL’s newsletter: 1/Five issues (nos. 26, 33, 35, 42, and 44) of Furfs, the official newsletter of the Caulfield RSL, dated 12/2000, 05/2004, 10/2005, 12/2007, and 11/2009 respectively. The issues vary in size (numbering 12, 6, 1, 8, and 8 pages, respectively) and consequently, in terms of breadth of content. Most, however, report on the Club’s recent activities, list the current administrative staff, eulogise recently deceased members, and contain advertisements for goods and services of interest to members. All except the shortest also contain numerous black-and-white photographs of members participating in various events. No. 42 also has an article on the progress of the Club history including mention of a 1963 ABC Four Corners episode with footage inside and outside the Club as well as interviews with members.furfs, advertisements, gould tony, moore hedley, frances ken, stewart r. k, whybrow john, mclean tom, elsternwick, canfield bill, anzac day, remembrance day, middlemiss glenys, middlemiss brian, sayers john, rodda alby, st. george’s road, remembrance day service, president’s dinner, annett michael colonel, dejussing clive, stacey carole, white thomas sir, fuller joan, edwards m. t., greer j., warburton jimmy, decker john, mcbean j., mclean s. mrs., gibson ray, rigby jack, oakley trevor, paul’s steak house, wear well dry cleaners, mclean susan, caulfield lions clubs, glen eira district lions, ‘my brother jack’ short story award, ‘glenmore’, everett kevin, lee kenneth c., sneddon bruce n., perignon george j., bradley john m., kennedy colin j., waratah cellars, glenhuntly road, glen huntly road, taverna john, taverna robyn, gaylard bernie, auhl ron, yob loretta, muir frank, morris tony, blaney matt, james bob, kevin brennan, davey kathleen, wreath laying ceremonies, may carl, one petroleum co., ager michelle major, taus joe, geier noel, blore peter, creaney john, wadley geoffrey, oliver mavis i., browne donald d., ross john, kidd william, rea alan m., pollock rob, pollock florence, sell patricia miss, fidler n., dew d., mayell w., booth vincent, booth lois, johnson carl, ‘the ole tin hat’, centre road, bentleigh, rigby pat, eade charles, howell davie, blore jeff, russell paul, morse r. e., long bridford f. r., harkensee keith r., collins williams h., daniels albert e., stephani detleef p. von, walton alan l., canfield william g., barclay henry i., rose frank w., sherriff william g., may donald c., fergus mark l., sorel peter a., chivers keith, scarffe richard a., dalgleish maggie, sampson stan, jacobs frank, ware les, powell massey, merlo harry, perini leo, milnes ‘bluey’, carmody jack, edwards michael terrence, orrock george, lyon stan, raines barbara, raines laurie, hall ron, metherall murray, blore geoff, walker keith, davis max, doyle tom, reece jim, jewell bill, o’neill roe, ferrari ron, fogarty des, sinclair bill, mitchell j., harris l., boughton h. ms., townsend d. mrs., decker j., larkin r., elder g., sell p., clarke john, mclean t., kean phyllis m., booth geoffrey e., donoghue clifton s., durham leonard c., ford john w., nitsche neil h., davidson kelvin r., werba adele, pleydell max, price colin, taberner laurie, condron neil, leech gail, green barry rev’d, veteran’s lunch, devlin joseph h., murray mark blodwen, jackman david d., hall erica d., hackman james f., thompson pauline l., gassick betty m. le, logan george, wilson tony, slater bob, cobby a. h. (harry) air commodore, steinberg alison mrs., astill bob, reed donald, niewland hans, bodelier berry, little harold, hawkes stewart, limbue ram bahadur, kirkwood robert, rai bharansher, mclean susan, mcbean jon, white michael sgt., caspar freddie

Ethelbert Cyril Kirkland was born in inner Melbourne on 1st November 1900, to Ethelbert George and Mary Ann (nee Cooke). His father died in 1912. On 4th June 1917, while living with his mother in South Yarra and working as a factory hand, Cyril enlisted in the Army. His height was 5' 8" and he gave his age as 18. He was officially enrolled on the 18th June and by October he was in England, specifically in hospital with mumps. After coming clean about his actual age in March 1918, he was discharged on 13th June 1918 and shipped back to Australia, having forfeited all his pay from March onward. On 9th December 1919 he enlisted again, stating he was a single man. He was by then working as a carpenter and had grown 3 inches. He was discharged on 2nd June the following year. He married Mary Ann Reynolds (b. 4th February 1906) on 7th March 1929. For a few years Mary and Cyril moved around, from Moonee Ponds to Iona and then Kelletts Road, Lysterfield. Cyril worked as a farmer and labourer. By 1941 they were running a dairy farm on Engelke Rd. Then they purchased the triangular block of land on (now) Belgrave-Hallam Rd from Mr & Mrs Clarke, where they built a dairy and ran that and a milk delivery service until selling it to Mr Dave Pollock in the 1950s. In 1952 they built the Belgrave South Garage on part of their land at the corner of Belgrave-Hallam Rd and Deviation Rd. Their son Robert (Bobby) ran the garage . Their daughter Mary married Jack Rae from Narre Warren North. Jack played football for Sth Belgrave. Mary died on 27th May 1957 and Cyril died on 6th April 1980. Our society has a long oral history which was recorded with Bobby Kirkland several years ago.