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The Spirit of Legacy is Service.
The care of dependants of those who served their country; namely
veterans who died on operational service or subsequently, and
Australian Defence Force personnel who died as a result of their service,
affords a field for service.
Safeguarding the interests of dependants, especially children,
is a service worth rendering.
Personal effort is the main essential.
Inasmuch as these are the activities of Legacy,
it is our privilege to accept the legacy of the fallen.
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Legacy has adopted as its badge the Torch, taken from the poem "In Flanders' Fields".
The symbolism of the Torch is explained below.
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| The Badge of Legacy symbolises in its torch the undying flame of service and sacrifice handed to us by our comrades in war who have passed on. In its wreath of laurel, with its points inverted in remembrance, is the guerdon of honour; that is the meed of those who gave their lives for their country.
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"In Flanders' Fields" was written by a Canadian Physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae on May 3, 1915. It remains one of the most memorable war poems ever written. Legacy has adopted "In Flanders' Fields" as its own.
| In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hand we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ fields.
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The Legacy Ode was adapted from the second verse of the American Poet RW Lilliard’s “An American Answer” written in 1918 as an answer to the challenge within "In Flanders' Fields". The Legacy Ode is often read at Legacy functions, meetings, handover lunches and dinners and at other special events.
| Fear not that you have died for naught
The torch you threw to us we caught.
And now our hands will hold it high
Its glorious light shall never die,
We’ll not break faith with you who lie
On many a field
Lest we forget.
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HISTORY OF HOBART LEGACY INC
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HISTORY OF HOBART LEGACY INC
The birthplace of Legacy was in Hobart where, on 12 March 1923, it was founded as the Remembrance Club by
the late Major-General Sir John Gellibrand, an Australian-born British soldier who fought at Ladysmith with the Manchesters and on Gallipoli and in France with the A.I.F.
Originally its objective was to show to the public that the men of the A.I.F. were capable of standing on their own
two feet, and to assist in setting up in business any returned serviceman who wished to establish himself.
It was an outstanding success and, in the following September in Melbourne, Sir John interested Captain Stanley Savige in the movement. Captain Savige immediately called together six fellow officers, all Gellibrand men, and formed the Melbourne Club in October, 1923.
The name of Legacy was adopted on the suggestion of Legatee F.P. Selleck (in 1956, Sir Frank Selleck, Lord
Mayor of Melbourne), the members accepting as a legacy left to them by their departed comrades the obligation
to look after their children.
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| Movement Spreads
The movement soon spread to all other States and a Club is now established in London. Subsequently Legatee Savige served with great distinction in World War II, becoming a Lieutenant-General and a Corps Commander
with a Knighthood.
In 1925 it was felt that the movement was worthy of a wider field of service and in October of that year, Legatee
Frank Doolan, of the Melbourne Club, recommended that this take the form of caring for, guiding and encouraging
the families of those comrades who, through death, were themselves no longer there to give these benefits
to their families. He pointed out that cases were increasing in which there was a real need for somebody to
take the place of the fathers, someone who could act virtually as a guardian and sponsor, and give the help and advice that the deceased father would have given.
This was accepted, and the real work of Legacy began. The Clubs met in conference and established a
charter, but it was not until 27 March 1940 that Hobart Remembrance Club accepted this charter. Even then, out of consideration to its founder who was still alive, it adopted the name of Remembrance Club (Hobart Legacy).
This was changed to Hobart Legacy on 28 July 1944.
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| Hobart Expands
In 1945 the Hobart Club purchased a property at 159 Macquarie Street, but it was not until some years later, when
it obtained vacant possession, that it was able to carry out the full work of Legacy on its own premises. A major addition in the form of the Hall was built in 1954 for the general work of Legacy.
This Hall was redesigned in 1961 so as to include a modern widow's lounge, kitchen, dining-room and
classrooms on the ground floor and a gymnasium on the upper floor. Its completion meant that all Legacy
functions could be held on the Club premises.
Although each Club is self-governing, representatives of the various Clubs meet at conference each year and a Co-ordinating Council has been set up. This Council is subordinate to the Annual Conference.
At the conference held in Hobart in 1947 the Code of Legacy was adopted unanimously, laying down the
minimum requirements and benefits which are binding on all Clubs but leaving free the right for Clubs to restrict
membership or extend benefits beyond the general pattern.
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