Guest Speaker
Dr Brendan Nelson

Dr Brendan Nelson commenced as Director of the Australian War Memorial on 17 December 2012. Prior to this, he was the Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO (2009–12).

Apart from overseeing a major transformation in Australia’s relationships with the European Union and NATO,

Dr Nelson forged deep links with the communities of Flanders, where almost 13,000 Australians lost their lives during the First World War.

He regularly made the trip from Brussels to the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial at Leper, where the names of 6,190 Australians who died in the First World War and have no known grave are listed.

Date
Friday 7 November 2014

Time
7:00am - 9:00am

Venue
Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide

Dress
Lounge Suit, Day Dress
Awarded Medals may be worn

Recitation of the Ode
Brigadier Tim Hanna AM
State President, Returned & Services League (RSL)

Presentation of the RSL
Virtual War Memorial
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