Returned & Services League Victorian Branch

Beauty with purpose

Private Annette Sindiga is no stranger to representing Australia, whether it be in military uniform or glamming it up on the catwalk.

Your RSL

Providing the best possible support & services to all generations of Veterans in Victoria.

Census sheds light on Australia's veteran population

Australian veterans have been counted in the Census for the first time in 110 years.

Remembering the Montevideo Maru

80 years on from Australia’s worst maritime disaster, the town of Stanhope has unveiled a lasting artistic tribute.

Our Services

Veteran Support

RSL Victoria is here to provide assistance and support to past and present service personnel and their families.

Get Involved

There is more than one way to get involved with the RSL. Find out more here.

Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has begun. RSL Victoria has created this hub of information about the Royal Commission, including our submission and a range of support services available.

We invite you to share in their stories...

Quilts of Valour

Helen Comport is a mother. A mother of a son who was wounded while serving overseas in 2010. Few can understand the stress of that situation, but Helen was able to take some comfort in a beautiful patchwork quilt made by other mothers from far away, and placed on her son’s bed while he healed from his injuries. This patchwork quilt inspired Helen’s new mission…Quilts of Valour.

MUFTI

Finding Vera

It’s a long way from Cardross in northwest Victoria to Singapore, but that’s where Vera Torney found herself in February 1942, facing a Japanese advance down the Malay peninsula.

MUFTI

Our Greatest Comeback

How have Victoria’s RSL Sub-Branches coped over the past two years, and what are they doing now as we start to live with ‘COVID normal?’

New Leadership

Meet Sue Cattermole the new CEO of RSL Victoria.

Construction begins on the Tim Fischer AC Veteran and Families Wellbeing Centre

Construction is underway on a multi-million-dollar, purpose built veteran hub in Victoria’s north-east.

REMEMBERING KOKODA

Eighty years after the Battle of Kokoda David Howell helped veteran George Cops return to the track.

RSL Victoria’s Exclusive Interview with Invictus Games Competitor Emma Murfet

It took centimetres to bring an end to Emma Murfet’s career in the Australian Army, but since the accident, the former parachute rigger has found new ways to reach great heights with the Invictus Games.