History of Ballina RSL Club Ltd: Mates Work Together...In the early 1950s, a group of returned servicemen had the idea of forming a social club. They met in the sub-branch rooms the Diggers Hall (view photos of original premises), a wooden building which used to be located on the site where the post office currently is on the corner of Moon and Tamar streets in Ballina to talk about their idea. All of them were members of the RSL Sub-Branch. Anzac Cummings was one of those men. A few of us just got together and said we should have a club he said. And, late in 1954, the inaugural meeting of the Ballina RSL Club was held.The first members were 80 members of the sub-branch, as well as selected associate members, boosting the initial membership of the Ballina RSL Club to 110. Ron Flanagan was elected as the foundation president of the club. The newly-formed Ballina RSL Club obtained a lease of the Diggers Hall from the sub-branch.
