The origins of the Returned Services League (RSL) go back to 1916. Originally created to support ex-service men and women and their families, it is a non-profit organisation.

The Glen Innes & District Services Club was created at the end of 1947. The first Clubhouse was a Nissan hut. The rent was 10 shillings a week.

The Club got a liquor licence in 1948 and Tooth and Company allotted 4 firkins (9 gallon kegs) and 16 5-gallon kegs per month for the Club’s 72 members.

The Club didn’t get a permanent home until 1955, when a new building was constructed on the corner of Bourke and East Avenue (now the Salvation Army Church).