However to enjoy breakfast at the club afterwards, attendees must obtain a ticket at the service.
Tickets will be handed out by Mrs O’Connor and other members.
“We just felt that if you can have 30,000 at the football and 60,000 at the Royal Easter Show, how can you limit numbers of those paying tribute to our fallen heroes on ANZAC Day,” she said.
“There is no more important celebration on our calendar; to me, it is more more important than Australia Day.
“It’s all well and good for governments to say limit numbers and protect our old people but what were they doing and thinking, sending all of our young ones off to fight their wars?
“Those young men and women gave up their lives for us and we should never forget it so just our of sheer respect for them, we are not limiting our numbers.”
A veteran herself, Mrs O’Connor served in the Australian Navy from 1968-71, including on HMAS Albatros at Nowra and HMAS Penguin at Balmoral.
“All the women did the jobs here for the Navy while they sent the men to fight in Vietnam, not like it is today,” she said.
“I am very passionate about ANZAC Day and joined the RSL as soon as women were allowed to in 1991.
“I was very sad last year as I was the only one in my street standing out the front at dawn to pay my respects so am really looking forward to this ANZAC Day.”
