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 | Dec 23, 2022 | Events
The Cretan Federation of Australia & New Zealand, in conjunction with the Battle of Crete & Greece Comemmorative Council of Victoria and the Cretan Commemorations Committee – The Battle of Crete and the Resistance which is based in Crete, have embarked on a...
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...
