The Western Suburbs RSA clubrooms (later the Glen Eden RSA clubrooms) were first opened on 9 April 1938. The building has been expanded and rebuilt since. A memorial wall at the entrance to the clubrooms was dedicated on 14 February 1999. This incorporates a roll of honour listing the names of 119 men who left Glen Eden to go overseas during the Second World War and of 15 men who gave their lives during the war. There is also a framed display board with photographs of 12 of the latter (R.E. Allan, S.L. Duncan, L.K. Duncan, F.L. Hackett, A.W. Hanbury, C.S. Hemmingson, E.W. Mottram, B. Mottram, M.T.J. Shogren, E.A. Sisson, N. W. Wilson, and J.B. Wood).
Sources: ‘Soldiers’ Hall: Glen Eden Building’, NZ Herald, 11/4/1938, p. 13; Glen Eden RSA Club: 50th Jubilee, Auckland, 1982; Jack Roper, Glen Eden Returned Services Association: A Short History, 1932-1999, Auckland, 1999, pp. 22-3; ‘New Look for Glen Eden RSA’, Western Leader, 1/5/2003, p. 20.
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