Events

2 attended. See login web page: top left [=_3 horiz lines ] > Northern > BOP > para 42(a) for names [no names here on this public Event for privacy & security reasons]. 1800hrs drinks main bar. 1845hrs restaurant meal for those that want it [please order free drinks so we know how many are coming and warn out the Mt Club restaurant]. 1950hrs last No5 bus to Tauranga & Papamoa [change to No2 bus cnr Totara St & Hewletts Rd 2020hrs for Papamoa]. 2005hrs last No5 bus to Mount Maunganui Army Leave Centre. Try the journey planner on baybus.co.nz by typing your home address and the RSA/Club name. For bus cards see top left [=_3 horiz lines] > Sappers > Join > para 45. There is also a number 143 bus Whakatane to Bayfair Mt Maunganui daily, free on Gold card. This date & venue has been listed via top left [=_3 horiz lines] > Login Pages Updated > Regions > Bay of Plenty web page for many months prior for those who organise ahead. Those that can't login please read: top left [=_3 horiz lines] > Sappers > Members. If your login email is defunct see para 13.  If you can't login to get a free drink ticket, just attend anyway without a free drink. Please send an email to bop.nth@sprnz.tidymail.co so we can warn the restaurant out with numbers attending. There is no accomodation booked at this stage, but login and look at top left [=_3 horiz lines] > Northern > BOP > para 34(d) for a solution. This Event was first published four weeks prior. The free drink ticket below is a reward for those members who look at the website regulary and see the Event early. It cuts off when the invites are sent a week prior.

A local gathering of RNZE Sappers living in Queensland and NSW. Also invited are the RAE Queensland Sappers Association members. Any Kiwi Sappers visiting Queensland are also welcome. We meet in the main lounge. The Redcliffe RSL Museum will be open that day. 5 attended. Names are listed on login top left [=_3 horizontal lines] > Australia > Queensland > para 30(a). No names here on this public Event for privacy and security reasons. If the Queensland web page cannot be found, login to your Profile and confirm that 'Queensland' is checked [between Town and Country]. If not from Queensland, check 'View other District page: Queensland' in your Profile. [wait a few days for the system to refresh]. Those that can't login [forgot password? go to top left [=_3 horizontal lines]  > Sappers > Members for how to fix it] could send an email to qld.au.sprnz@mail.tidyhq.com saying they are coming. This would help towards advising the RSL of numbers. This Event was published four weeks prior to the date Event to be held.

For years, the story of Sergeant Herbert Milne Williamson (4/216) ended in silence. With no headstone and no marked grave. His ashes were scattered by unknown hands, leaving no physical trace of his service or his life. This Sunday, we change that. "Once a Sapper, always a Sapper." We are finally bringing Sgt Williamson back into the fold of the Corps. After extensive research and cross-Tasman collaboration, a formal commemorative plaque has been installed to ensure his name is anchored forever at Waikumete. Join the Glen Eden RSA and the RNZE as we dedicate this memorial and ensure this "lost" soldier is never forgotten again. Family, friends, members of the Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (RNZE), and all service persons are cordially invited to attend a formal plaque dedication and commemoration in honour of Sergeant Herbert Milne Williamson. Ceremony Details Commemoration Service Announcement: Sergeant Herbert Milne Williamson Date: Sunday, 24 May 2026 Time: 11:00 am Rendezvous: Glen Eden RSA, 9 Glendale Road, Glen Eden (Opposite Glen Eden Library). Parade: A parade will depart for the cemetery at approximately 11:10 am. Dedication Location: Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Service Persons Burial Area K, Row 12A, Plot 132. (Note: This is located near the Crematorium and main entrance, not the Cenotaph). A bugle and flag will present. Distinguished Guest We are honoured to announce that James A. (Tony) Hill, National President of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RNZSA), will be in attendance. About Sergeant Herbert Milne Williamson Sergeant Williamson was a dedicated serviceman whose military career spanned over a decade of service to New Zealand: Territorial Service (1910–1914): Served with The Highland Rifles, The 5th Wellington Regiment, and The New Zealand Railway Battalion. Samoan Expeditionary Force (1914–1915): Enlisted with the New Zealand Engineers (Railway Engineers) as part of the Samoan Advance Party. European Theatre (1917–1920): Served in England and France with the Canterbury Company, 4th Reserve Battalion, and the 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment. Medallic Entitlement: The 1914–1915 Star, The British War Medal, The Victory Medal, and The New Zealand Territorial Service Medal. Listing in Roll of Honour Royal New Zealand Engineers (Facebook Group: Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/224610903132608/search/?q=Herbert%20williamson This recognition was made possible through the approval of Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand and the tireless local efforts of Owen Phillips, Bruce Jackson, and the Glen Eden RSA. Contact Information Organised by the Glen Eden RSA on behalf of RSA National and Veterans’ Affairs. Address: 9 Glendale Road, Glen Eden, Auckland 0602 Phone: (09) 818 4219 Email: glenedenrsa@gmail.com Attention: John Elphick, President, Glen Eden RSA, john.elphick@gmail.com Thank you for your service. E kore e warewaretia. We will never forget. Posted by Peter Mellalieu 2026-05-23, DM Auckland, NZ Sappers Association

New Zealand Tunnellers on the Western Front Welcome by the Mayor of Wellington, His Worship Andrew Little. Guest speakers:  Sir Jerry Matepare GNZM, QSO, KStJ Ambassador of France to New Zealand & the Cook Islands: H.E. Laurence Beau RNZE: Colonel Commandant Col. Paul Curry. Pukeahu National War Memorial Park Wellington 15 April 2026 1300hrs RSVP Friday 20 March. Sue Baker Wilson QSM E: suebakerwilson@gmail.com Facebook: NZ Tunnelling Company. Sappers attending: Medals, Jacket & Tie please. Use the free ticketing system below to be added onto a consolidated list from the Sappers Association to the RSVP above.

5 attended. See login web page Menu > Northern > BOP > para 41(a) for names. 1800hrs drinks main bar. 1900hrs restaurant meal for those that want it [please order free drinks so we know how many are coming and warn out the RSA restaurant]. 2015hrs last bus to Papamoa. 1930hrs last bus to Army Leave Centre & Tauranga. Try the journey planner on baybus.co.nz by typing your home address and the RSA name. For bus cards see Menu > Sappers > Join > para 45. There is also a number 143 bus Whakatane to Bayfair Mt Maunganui daily, free on Gold card. This date & venue has been listed via Menu > Login Pages Updated > Regions > Bay of Plenty for many months prior for those who organise ahead. Those that can't login please read: Menu > Sappers > Members. If your login email is defunct see para 13.  If you can't login to get a free drink ticket, just attend anyway without a free drink. Please send an email to bop.nth@sprnz.tidymail.co so we can warn the restaurant out with numbers attending. There is no accomodation booked at this stage, but login and look at Menu > Northern > BOP > para 34(d) for a solution. This Event was first published on 10Jan.

1 attended [name is found login > Menu > Era Decade Sappers > Army Leave Centres > paragraph 37(c)]. https://sprnz.tidyhq.com/public/pages/army-leave-centres  This reconnaissance of Wellington is primarily aimed at holding a Decade 1990-99 Do and later a Decade 2000-09 Do social function at the Porirua RSA in a years time. It involves finding out about the set up of the Wellington Army Leave Centre about 20 km from Porirua. Those members who may wish to start thinking about a one evening Decade Do social function at Porirua RSA for their own era of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s & 2020s may want to come along for a night [bring your own sheets & pillow case if staying only one night]. Background reading is found on login > Menu > Sappers > New Accounts > paragraph 64 'Sappers Helping Sappers'. About eight years ago we held a couple of Decade Do's at the old Taupo RSA and found that over a dozen people in each case were willing to travel long distances to have a few drinks with their old mates. See Menu > Sappers > All RNZE > paragraph 8 for this. https://sprnz.tidyhq.com/public/pages/all-rnze  Intend catching a local train from Wellington at 1900hrs to Porirua & RSA both evenings. This requires a Snapper Card [see Menu > Sappers > Join > paragraph 45(c)(d)] or Gold Card. https://sprnz.tidyhq.com/public/pages/join-association  Money paid for tickets below will be ring fenced inside the five-year Era of the member purchasing the ticket for off setting future costs of that Era. Enquires to Vail Hubner clk.ed@sprnz.tidymail.co phone: +64274978651.