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The Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch was formed by the amalgamation of the Dandenong and Cranbourne Sub Branches in 2009 and provides members and guests the use of two venues at the Dandenong RSL and the Cranbourne RSL.
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The Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch was formed by the amalgamation of the Dandenong and Cranbourne Sub Branches in 2009 and provides members and guests the use of two venues at the Dandenong RSL and the Cranbourne RSL.
Will Longstaff painted the original oil on canvas in Greater London -United Kingdom in 1927. The Menin Gate commemorates soldiers with no marked graves killed on the Western Front during the 1st World War. It is a dedication to the 350,000 men of the British Empire Forces who died on battle grounds around Ypres in Belgium. It contains the names of 55,000 men with no known grave.
Significant memorial to brave men..
Wooden framed print of the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium'
Inscribed brass plaque "MENIN GATE AT MIDNIGHT" by Will Longstaff.
Model ship in wooden and perspex case
Brass plaque on case "Manufactured by shipwright apprentices NDW
patrol boat, hmas dubbo, ran
Doolittle Raid occurred on the 18th April 1942 during WW 2.. The raid was the first air raid by the US Forces on Tokyo and Honshu and the Japanese Archipelago. A special unit of USAAF B25 Mitchell Bombers trained under the command of Col. James Doolittle flew from the carrier USS Hornet. B25 Mitchell Bomber had 2 Radial engines developing 1700 hp. Wingspan of 20.6 metres. Length 16.3 metres. It carried a crew of 4 to 6 personnel and had a range of 2175 kilometres and a bomb payload of 1360 Kgs.
Important event of war against Japanese.
57 cm x 38.5 cm. Ebonised and Gold frame. Showing B 25 Mitchell bomber taking of from USS Carrier Hornet.
Inscribed " Take Off " Doolittle Raid on Tokyo 1942.
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.