Battle of Crete & Greece
Commemorative Council of Victoria

PATRONS :

His Grace Bishop of Sozopolis KYRIAKOS, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Melbourne District, His Grace Bishop of Kerasountos EVMENIOS, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Northcote District, Mr. Emmanuel Kakavelakis, Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, Ms. Bella Karz, Consul General of New Zealand in Melbourne, Mr. Steph Lysaght, Consul General of Great Britain in Melbourne, Mr. Jan Ravnholt, Royal Danish Consulate General, Dr. Rob Webster, State President RSL, Mr. John Pandazopoulos, Former Minister of Multicultural Affairs and Former President of the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Union.

COUNCIL MEMBERS :

Mrs. Natasha Spanos (Chair), Mrs. Joanna Psarakis (Secretary), Mr. Nick Markogiannakis, President, World Council of Cretans, Mrs. Mary Rissakis, Vice President, Cretan Federation of Australia & New Zealand, Ms. Aggie Mihelakis, President, Pancretan Association of Melbourne, Mr. Milton Stamatakos, President, Cretan Brotherhood of Melbourne, Mr. Tony Tsourdalakis, President, Victorian Intercommunities & Parishes Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, Mr. Nikolaos Makridis, President Greek Ex Servicemen’s Association, Mrs. Shirley Devery, Secretary, 2nd / 6th Australian Infantry Battalion, Mr. Peter Ford, President, New Zealand – Crete Association, Mr. Jorge Menidis, Chief Executive Officer, Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne, Mr. Peter Andrinopoulos, Secretary, Australian Hellenic Memorial Foundation, Mr. Lee Tarlamis, President, Lemnos Gallipoli Committee, Dr. Peter Ewer, Author & Historian, Mr. Paul Mavroudis, President Thessaloniki Association ‘White Tower’, Mr. Sam Vlachos, President, Kalamata Society ‘23rd March‘, Mr. Jim Grivas, President, Federation of Messinian Organisations of Victoria, Mr. Stan Dimitrakopoulos, President, Panmessinian Brotherhood Papaflessas, Mrs. Simela Stamatopoulos, Australian Federation of Pontian Associations.

AFFILIATE ORGANISATIONS :

~ Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign (New South Wales) ~ Battle of Crete Memorial Committee (Western Australia) ~ Battle of Crete Veterans Association (New Zealand) ~ Cretan Commemorations Committee – The Battle of Crete & the Resistance (Chania, Crete).

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS : 

~ Shrine of Remembrance ~ Australian National Ex-Prisoners of War Foundation ~ Sir Weary Dunlop Foundation ~    2^nd/2^nd Australian Field Regiment ~ Ballarat RSL Sub Branch ~ Keilor East RSL Sub Branch ~ Coburg RSL Sub Branch ~ Prahran RSL Sub Branch ~ Pascoe Vale RSL Sub Branch ~ Ringwood RSL Sub Branch ~ Shepparton RSL Sub Branch ~  ~ Victorian Ex-Prisoners of War & Relatives Association ~ 2^nd/1^st Australian Machine Gun Battalion ~ Nurses Memorial Centre ~ 2^nd/7^th Australian Infantry Battalion ~ 2^nd/8^th Australian Infantry Battalion ~ Essendon RSL Sub Branch ~          ~ Darebin RSL Sub Branch ~ Epping RSL Sub Branch ~ Oakleigh–Carnegie RSL Sub Branch ~ Boronia RSL Sub Branch ~ Hellenic Military Historical Society ~ the Austin Repatriation Hospital ~ City of Greater Shepparton ~ Municipality of Ballarat ~ Municipality of Platania ~ Municipality of Agios Vasilios ~ Village of Mournies.