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| Jim Claven at the unveiling of the nurses memorial at Portianos Military Cemetery in April 2015. Photo Jim Claven 2015 |
Jim Claven will be leading a small group guided tour of Lemnos and its Anzac-related sites in April 2020.
The tour is planned to take place on 22nd April, following the formal Gallipoli campaign commemorations that will be held on Lemnos on the preceding 20th and 21st April.
The tour will take in the major sites of East and West Mudros, including the Allied war cemeteries, the Turks Head Peninsula, Therma and some of the various villages connected to the Allied presence on Lemnos during the campaign. There will be an opportunity for refreshments in a local village, completed with a final dinner at Myrina.
You can download Jim Claven's Lemnos Gallipoli Tour brochure by clicking here.
Tour Leader - Jim Claven, MA
As many will know, Jim is a historian and freelance writer who has studied Lemnos’ role in Australia’s Anzac story for many years, combining academic research with extensive field trips to the sites connected with the Anzacs on Lemnos, Imbros, Tenedos as well as Gallipoli itself and beyond.
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| Jim Claven (left) on his tour of Lemnos in 2015 with descendants of Matron Grace Wilson on Lemnos' Turks Head Peninsula, April 2015. Photo Jim Claven 2015 |
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| Jim's tour of Lemnos in 2018, with Deb Stewart (left, descendant of Staff Nurse Evelyn Hutt) and Lee Tarlamis OAM (second from right, descendant of Private Ted Tozer) at the Therma baths. Photo Jim Claven 2018. |
Holding Bachelor and Masters degrees from Australia’s Monash University, Jim Claven has researched the story in the archives held in Australia and overseas. He has walked the ground where the Anzacs stood in 1915-16. His extensive research led to the identification and commemoration in 2018 of the Australian Pier on Lemnos, the pier having been originally erected by Australian soldiers in 1915. He is the author of many articles on the connection between Australian and Lemnos through the Anzac story (including in the Melbourne Shrine's Remembrance magazine, the State Library of Victoria’s La Trobe Journal, the UK's Gallipolian and that of the Hellenic Navy in Greece).
He has delivered many presentations on the topic, both in Australia and in Greece.
He has curated the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee’s Photographic Exhibition – Lemnos and Gallipoli: A Story in Pictures - showcasing 40 of the best photographs taken from the archives in Australia and overseas - along with its accompanying exhibition booklet. This exhibition has been displayed in Greece (at the Athens War Museum and on Lemnos) as well as across Australia (including at the Victorian State Parliament).
He is also the author of the recent publication – Lemmos & Gallipoli Revealed: A Pictorial History of the Anzacs in the Aegean 1915-16 – published by Australia’s Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, of which Jim has been the Secretary since its foundation in 2011.
Register Now
If you are interested in joining Jim on this personal, small group tour of Lemnos, please contact him for information or to register directly via email - jimclaven@yahoo.com.au - or on 0409402388 - by the end of March 2020.
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| Sunset over Lemnos' Mudros Bay, with the Turks Head Peninsula in the middle distance. Photo Jim Claven 2015 |
