by sm | May 27, 2024 | News
HIL Cleary has only one strong memory of his maternal grandfather while he was alive, and it is not a happy one. Cleary reckons it was Christmas 1963, when he was 11, at his grandmother’s house in Heller Street in Brunswick. He remembers his sense of bewilderment at...
by sm | Mar 13, 2024 | News
The Battle of Crete & Greece Commemorative Council of Victoria, are happy to announce that the latest film “Our Last ANZACs” has just won Best Documentary at the Athens International Film and Art Festival 2024. The film is about preserving and sharing...
by sm | Dec 28, 2023 | News
In 2023, one of the most important events for the Greek community of Melbourne was held in November. SBS Greek was there and spoke with Michael Byrne, son of the late Australian veteran Kevin Byrne It was Sunday the 26th of November at the Hellenic sub-branch of RSL,...
by sm | May 28, 2023 | News
Currently, there is no war memorial in Western Australia to recognise the courage of those ANZACs who served in the Battle of Crete during World War II, and to pay tribute to the Cretan people who sheltered Australian troops at the time. Bill Evangel, Chairperson of...
by sm | May 19, 2023 | News
100-year-old Leslie Cook is a true ANZAC who fought against Nazi troops in the Battle of Crete during World War II. He’s also served in a number of other different places around the world, including in North Africa, Syria, New Guinea, Australia, and Japan. To this...
by sm | Apr 28, 2023 | News
Neos Kosmos talked to Glenda Humes the daughter of Captain Reginald Saunders – Australia’s first commissioned Aboriginal officer who fought in Greece and hid from Nazis in Crete for 11 months. Captain Reg Saunders was the first Aboriginal Australian to be commissioned...
