REMEMBRANCE DAY
ROTWARA Notice in the Examiner Papers
In commemoration of Remembrance Day coming up next Tuesday, 11 November 2025, we have had a story published in the Examiner Newspapers. The story features Anne LeFevre, our President, and her father Lance Corporal Douglas LeFevre of the 2/28th infantry battalion. Douglas LeFevre saw military service during the Siege of Tobruk from 10 April 1941 through to 7 December 1941. We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
Lance Corporal Douglas
Lance Corporal Douglas LeFevre of the 2/28th Battalion in 1941.
Photo provided courtesy of his daughter Anne LeFevre.
Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc.'s 2025 AGM
Special Guest Speaker Steve Wenban
Special Guest Speaker Steve Wenban
Special Guest Speaker Steve Wenban
Steve Wenban, an avid amateur Military Historian, was the guest speaker at the Association's recent AGM. His talk on the Siege of Tobruk came with a power point presentation and had the members enthralled with his interesting information.
Special Guest Speaker Steve Wenban
Special Guest Speaker Steve Wenban
Steve used a quote by German Lieutenant General Erwin Rommel, better known as the Desert Fox, that epitomized the courage and tenacity of our Rats during the Siege of Tobruk in Libya in 1941 - Rommel said: "If I had to take Hell, I would use the Aussies to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it."
About Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc.
Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc. Annual General Meeting.
ROTWARA will be holding it's Annual General Meeting on
Sunday 19th October 2025 at RAAF, 2 Bull Creek Drive, Bull Creek.
1.00pm Arrivial for 1.30pm Start.
It's at this time when all the current committee stand down and a new committee is elected by the members.
We ask that you consider joining our committee to assist this association to move forward. After committing two years assisting this association to get up running, many of our current committee members have advised that they will not be standing for the
2025-26 committee.
Therefore, we are looking for new people to help move forward.
We only ask for the time you have free and not to overcommit.
Please find a nomination form for a committee position below.
You can bring your nomination form on the day.
We have a guest speaker Mr Steven Wenban.
The topic chosen is The Siege of Tobruk.
Afternoon tea will be serviced after our meeting. Hope to see you there.
ROTWARA Membership Renewals are due now. Please pay your renewal invoice emailed to you. If you haven't received your renewal invoice, please contact me.
Ron Mitchell - rotwara.treasurer@gmail.com
The RATS OF TOBRUK WA REMEMBRANCE ASSOC. INC.
Group Photo taken at one of our ROTWARA General Meetings.
Please consider joining our friendly group, and
keep informed on our events during the year.
Remembering our 'RATS OF TOBRUK'
Lest We Forget
ANZAC MARCH IN PERTH CITY FOR THE RATS OF TOBRUK WA REMEMBRANCE ASSOC. 2025
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TOBRUK SUNDAY ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE 2025
Tobruk Sunday Service
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
Rats of Tobruk Assoc. WA gave permission to Christ Church Grammar School Cadets to be the custodians of the Rats of Tobruk - "Tobruk Sunday" and have been orgainising this event for some years.
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
On Sunday 30th March 2025, Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums held Tobruk Sunday at Kings Park Tobruk Memorial site.
ROTWARA wishes to Thank
Christ Church Grammar School for organising and continuing with this very special yearly tradition.
Partners
Christ Church Grammar School Cadets and Pipes & Drums
Partners
ROTWARA, together with the 2/28th Group will be assisting where we can in future Tobruk Sunday Services.
Your help with future events will be very much appreciated.
Please check out more photos on our Photo Gallery page.
ratsoftobrukwa.org
Membership
The Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc. Committee and members wish you all Happy New Year for 2025. Please check out our Coming Events page for all planned events for 2025. Additional information will be update from time to time.
We would encourage you to join as a member of the Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc. so that you can be kept up-to-date on what's happening in this group. As we have just established this group in memory of our RATS, all our funds come from our memberships. We need and appreciate your support, so please consider becoming a financial member.
Our Story
The Rats of Tobruk WA Remembrance Assoc. became an incorporated "Not for Profit" association on the 5th October, 2023 . We are a small group of descendants and interested people who are keen to set up this association in remembrance of our "Rats of Tobruk" soldiers. We meet three times a year, plus hold our AGM to share our family stories, get updated on coming events, have guest speakers when available and enjoy a cuppa and chat with like minded friends. We also hold three social events during the year, at various venues.
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