Saturday,
23 August 2025
Victory of Pacific Day remembered

Beechworth RSL Sub Branch members laid a wreath by last Friday at the Cenotaph in the Town Hall Gardens as a mark of respect for the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day and the official end of World War II.

The important day for the nation commemorates Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies on 15 August, 1945.

RSL national president Greg Melick said the day's 80th anniversary was...

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