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...
by sm | Apr 26, 2023 | News
Members of the Battle of Crete and Greece Commemorative Council gathered in various events held by organizations and committees to honor the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives during World War I, particularly in connection with Lemnos and the...
by sm | Nov 8, 2022 | News
On the eve of Australia’s Remembrance Day, November 11, Australia Post in collaboration with the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand and the Battle of Crete & Greece Commemorative Council of Victoria, will release a limited edition commemorative medal...
by sm | May 22, 2021 | News
Norm Eaton, one of the last surviving WA veterans who fought in the Greek and Crete campaigns in World War II, passed away last Saturday at the age of 101. Mr Eaton was born in 1919 in Subiaco, Perth, and served in the 2/11 Battalion in 1939. In 1940 he fought in...
