Gallipoli Campaign

Greece and Australia are creating a Remembrance Trail on the Aegean island of Lemnos in honor of the Australian troops killed in the First World War. The Australian Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh has confirmed a pledge announced last...

On August 13th the Hellenic community of Melbourne celebrated the role of soldiers and nurses who served on Lemnos in the Gallipoli campaign. There were over 100 people in attendance at the newly built Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial. The attendants were...

Numerous Australians are expected to visit the Gallipoli peninsula in April 2015, to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Australian and New Zealander Army Corps (ANZAC) landing during World War I, and to honor the victims killed by the...

The famous Greek-Australian composer, Tasos Ioannidis, who has been living in Greece for more than a decade, is preparing a contemporary opera which will be presented in 2015 as part of events for the centenary of the Australian campaign...

A delegation of Australian MPs, mayors and other officials has departed from Australia in order to visit the island of Lemnos in Greece, where commemoration of Anzac Day will be held. Anzac refers to the Australian and New Zealand Army...

In 2015, Australia will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Australian forces landing in Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign was the first major battle undertaken in World War I by Australia and New Zealand, and is...