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Our Committee is raising funds to create a lasting legacy telling the story of Lemnos' link to Gallipoli and Australia's Anzac story. Our projects include the Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial in Albert Park, the publication of a major new historical and pictorial publication and more. To make a donation you can also deposit directly by direct debit into the Committee's bank account: Account Name: Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee Inc; Bank: Delphi Bank; Account No: 204299-020 BSB No: 941300; Include your surname in the reference section. For further information on our legacy projects or to make a donation please contact either Lee Tarlamis 0411553009 or Jim Claven 0409402388M

Our Aims

The Commemorative Committee has been established to firstly promote the commemoration of the involvement of ANZAC forces that went through or were based on the Island of Lemnos in the 1915 Gallipoli campaign and secondly the connections between Greece and Australia in terms of military campaigns in both WW1 and WW2. We aim to promote this through engaging with government (at all relevant levels), the private sector and communities in Australia, New Zealand, Greece and especially Lemnos. We see this has potential to:

  • Commemorate the contribution of soldiers, nurses and civilians in the Gallipoli campaign and the connection between Lemnos, Greece and Australia;
  • Re-enforce the historical connection between Australia and Greece, whether through military operations or migration; and,
  • Encourage pilgrimages and tourism between Australia and Greece to further deepen the appreciation of this connection, to enhance economic development and provision of associated infrastructure (including appropriate memorials and grave site upgrades).

We are particularly focused on ensuring that the Anzac connection with Lemnos is appropriately recognised in the forthcoming Centenary of Anzac in 2015. Consequently, we have engaged with the Australian, New Zealand, Greek and Lemnian govenrments and authorities to this end.

For more information on these - go to the Australian Government's Centenary of Anzac Commission and the New Zealand Governments WW100 Office.

The United Kingdom's first World War Centenary program is been coordinated by the Imperial War Museum. For information on this - go to IWM First World War Centenary.


Nurses of No 3 Australian General Hospital about to follow a piper into their camp, under the leadership of their matron, Miss Grace Wilson and second in command of the hospital, Lieutenant Colonel J A Dick at Mudros West. The nurses of this hospital underwent the same heavy privations as the men of the army at the front during this period. Ships are anchored off shore. 9 August 1915. Australian War Memorial image A04118.
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