Australian soldiers at the Anzac Rest Camp at Sarpi on Lemnos, 1915. Photographer AW Savage, State Library of NSW Collection
Our special guest at the September meeting will be Jim Claven MA and Secretary of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee.
In his presentation, Lemnos 1915 - The Other Side of Gallipoli, Jim will recount the often forgotten role that the Greek Island of…
Gallipoli from the cliff tops
Our special guest on ANZAC Day will be Vecihi Başarın co-author of Gallipoli: The Turkish Story.
When Vecihi’s father, a Turkish army officer, took him to Gallipoli as a 10-year-old, little did he realise it would be the start of a lifetime interest in the battles that occurred there, or the path to a PhD at Deakin University.…