DAVISTOWN RSL SUB BRANCH

The Future of the RSL

As we look forward to the future of The League it often pays to reflect on writings of the past. In an eight page supplement to The Daily Telegraph published on Monday, October 29, 1962, the State President, William (later Sir William) Yeo, is quoted as saying “On an actuarial basis, 1973 is estimated as our peak year for service to ex-servicemen. From then on it will decline as our membership falls due to death.”
William Yeo then went on to say, “This is why we plan to do something for the new generation.” That new generation he spoke of then, were the Korean War veterans who were starting to join The League in some numbers in 1950’s.