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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

Some Media Reports


The Mudros Gazette, official publication of the allied authorities on Lemnos, 1915. Copy from Reverend Merrington's Gallipoli Diaries,

The Committee has been active in promoting the Anzac connection to Lemnos in the media. Read some of our articles and reports from 2012-2014:

From Asia Minor to Anzac Cove - The Odyssey of Peter Rados, Neos Kosmos, August 2014
Pontiaki Estia Fundraiser for Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial, Neos Kosmos, August 2014
Anzac sacrifice marked on Lemnos, Neos Kosmos, April 2014
Lemnos trip for talented student, Neos Kosmos, February 2014
Our Greek Connection - Anzacs on Lemnos, North and West Melbourne News, September 2013
The Stones of Kontias, Neos Kosmos, 20 September 2013
Commemorative tourism gets a boost on Lemnos, Neos Kosmos 19 July 2013
Lemnos Calls for Delegates, Neos Kosmos 26 June 2013
Commemorating Gallipoli's Hellenic Heart - Lemnos 1915, Neos Kosmos, 26 April 2013
Australia comes to Lemnos 1915- OPA magazine
Silent Voices, Distant Isles - Ballarat Courier 10th November 2012
Anzac Legacy - not lost in Lemnos - Bendigo Advertiser November 10th 2012
From Ballarat to Mudros - Neos Kosmos 7th November 2012
The Gallipolian Magazine, Winter 2012 edition, No 130

Some Recommended Books

Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed - A Pictorial History of the Anzacs in the Aegean 1915-16 by Jim Claven

Lemnos 1915 - A Nursing Odyssey to Gallipoli by Katrina Hedditch

Kitty's War - The Remarkable Wartime Experiences of Kit McNaughton by Janet Butler

Australian Official War Correspondent and later Historian, Charles Bean, on Lemnos 1915 Australian War Memorial image P00326015