THE BELOW DETAILS ARE FROM 2024.
The 2025 event will follow a similar format. Details will be confirmed closer to the 2025 event.
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Blackhawk Memorial – Last Post Service
Details:
The Last Post Service is held weekly at the Shrine of Remembrance.
On Sunday 15 June 2025, the Last Post Service will commemorate the Blackhawk Crash.
Who:
All former and current members of SASR (both members and non-members of the ASASA), their spouses, families and friends.
Timings:
1600 Meet and greet at “SASR” Tree.
1630 Move from “SASR” Tree to the Northern Forecourt.
1645 Service commences in the Northern Forecourt.
1700 Service concludes.
Dress:
Please take the “Dress:” as a guide only. Please wear what you are comfortable wearing.
Berets (optional), medals (optional), suit, pants with jacket/blazer, dresses/skirts with jacket/blazer, smart jeans, collared shirts, blouses, tie (optional).
No sports wear, thongs or sandals please.
For those that are wondering, the Return from Active Service badge isn’t worn with medals, and only one Meritorious Unit Citation is to be worn if you have multiple awarded.
Location (Meet and Greet):
“SASR Tree”
Grassed area near the Macpherson Robertson Fountain
100m to the southwest of the Shrine of Remembrance
Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne VIC 3001
SASR Tree is at the orange cone on the map.
Location (Last Post Service):
Northern Forecourt
Shrine of Remembrance
Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne VIC 3001
Interstate members of the ASASA are welcome too. If you would like to attend please contact the ASASA (VIC) President: president@asasa-vic.org.au