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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: Bendigo Bank; Account No: 188010037; BSB No: 633000; 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

Saturday, 2 May 2015

Touring Canadian Nurses and Soldiers Lemnos Sites

Photograph Jim Claven 2015
On the 19th April I had the honouring of showing the Canadian Ambassador, His Excellency Robert Peck, his wife and his team - including the Canadian Military attaché - a number of the sites on Lemnos connected with the Canadian nurses who served on the Island in its two field hospitals as well as the graves of some of the Canadian soldiers buried on Lemnos. Also took the opportunity to visit the historic Maritime Museum at Nea Koutali, as well as a former monastery that had been visited by Canadian nurses in 1915.
The latter served in the Newfoundland regiments and formations with the British Army at Gallipoli.
Lest we forget.
Photograph Jim Claven 2015

At the Maritime Museum, with its Director and the Director of the National Maritime in Sydney. Photograph Jim Claven 2015

Photograph Jim Claven 2015

Mr and Mrs Peck near the site of the Canadian field hospitals in 1915. Photograph Jim Claven 2015
Jim Claven
Secretary
Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee
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