“THE LEMNOS’ FRIENDS OF ANZAC” ASSOCIATION REPORT
(August 2014 – December 2015)
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ROLE OF LEMNOS ISLAND IN THE WW1 The Association “The Lemnos' Friends of ANZAC” is established to highlight the role that Lemnos island has played during the WW1, and especially during the Gallipoli Campaign. It’ s an Association, established by Lemnians or people who love the island and Greece in General . The Centenary Commemoration of the Gallipoli Campaign provided an important opportunity to all of us, to reflect upon and learn from our common history. The Gallipoli Campaign remains to this day, a testament of courage, bravery and self-sacrifice on all sides of the conflict. It is a historic event, that has shaped our national identities, that has forged unbreakable bonds of friendship. Through a number of commemorative events and cultural activities before, after and throughout the Commemorative year, the people of Lemnos will honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women who served at the Campaign, but also pay tribute and recognize the significant contribution of their own forebears. With our help, we try to teach the new generation of this great historical moment, and show the important role of Lemnos in this global historical moment
2 MAIN TARGETS FOR THE ASSOCIATION
• Raise the awareness for the Great historical event of Gallipoli Campaign
• Raise the awareness of the role of Lemnos in the WW1
• Find and highlite the effects of this historical event in the Lemnos history
• Present globally the role that Gallipoli Campaign had as a starting point for Greece’s Modern History
3 PROUD TO PRESENT FROM AUGUST 2014-DECEMBER 2015
-Great List Of Events -Media Covering Globally With More Than 1 Million Audience -5 Major Photographic Exhibitions -Representing The Island In All Commemorative Events In Greece -International Conference In Lemnos -Social Media Pages, Website And Internet Tv -Funding And Sponsoring To The Main Events In Greece, Turkey And Australia -Creating 4 Videos And Films For The Awareness LEMNOS ISLAND 1915-HELLAS
5 LEMNOS ISLAND 1915-HELLAS
6 That’ s how we started- 2014 how
First presentation in a major Hotel in Athens:
On the occasion of the Centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign in 2015, we had invited to an event organized by the Association “Lemnos' Friends of ANZAC”, in collaboration with the Hellenic-Australian Business Council, Ambassadors and Military attachees from 10 countries , Ministers, Deputy Ministers , Congressmen and representatives of all Greek political parties. Main issue for this invitation was the presentation of the Association's objectives as well as the commemorative events and cultural activities taking place in HE The Ambassador of Australia Mr John Griffin Lemnos during the Commemoration Year. The event held on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 in Athens…
Minister of Justice Mr Charalambos Athanasiou presenting the ANZAC Path for PEACE
Excellent guests: The Consular of N.Zealand Mr Konstantinos Mrs Julie Croteau First Counselor, the Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kotsilinis, The Military Attachee from Great Britain , The First Embassy with HE the Ambassador of Australia Akis Gerontopoulos 7 Councelor of the Russian Federation Embassy and so on … BEFORE THAT…
August 2014 – Photographic exhibition on the MyrinaPort (Lemnos Island ) In cooperation with the Association “Lemnians in action” – More than 20000 visitors
5-Days open photo exhibition
8 3/11/2014 Film Production Of The Nine Channel-Australia, with Liz Hayes (journalist)
ANZAC: The Lost Story Of A Nurse In Lemnos –The Diaries Of Anne Donnell
Preparation And Film Shooting In Lemnos
The diaries of Anne Donnell
Graeme Mitchell from Australia found in his home the diaries of an ANZAC Nurse, Anne Donnell, which now are important part of Australian wartime history and a great story for 9Channel. Also great story to prove the real connection between this moment of the WW1 History with Lemnos and Greece. The shootings were on the spot where the 3AGH was. All spots found with the great help of Mr Manolis Ioannidis, member of our Association Reach of 686,000 viewers
9 LEMNOS LYCEUM PERFORMANCE ,UNIVERSITY OF 2015 NSW, 7 MARCH 2015
The Sydney Lyceum, invited and we supported International Lyceum groups from Lemnos and from Kavala with local musicians in a great performance which was attended by more than 700 people. At the University to New South Wales ,Australia
A great performance and a great presentation for the National ANZAC Day in Australia
10 LEMNOS AND GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN – AN INTERNATIONAL THEATER OF WAR AND PEACE
LXS Airport –Lemnos island April 2015
11 “THE HEALING LAND OF LEMNOS” – A HYMN TO PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD This great piece of art, presented by the Greek-Lemnian painter Andreas Kontellis, as a contribution to the continuous efforts to make Greece the land of Peace and healing –as Lemnos was for the ENTENTE army on 1915. Mr Andreas Kontellis is a major member of our Association and only 20 pcs of this fine art, was given as presents to the official participants in the commemorative events on the island
12 PREPARING THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS FOR 17-20 APRIL 2015
In cooperation with the North Aegean Region and the Lemnos Municipality , we created a great 4 days commemoration program on the island
13 The ANZAC Path of Peace
This is exactly how the army was spread on the island of Lemnos on 1915. This is how we organize the commemorativ e events for the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign on the island. April 2015
14 The involved countries
United Kingdom Canada Australia
Turkey France Russian Federation India
Egypt New Zealand U.S.A. Hellas THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS FOR THE CENTENARY OF ANZAC 1915-2015/ LEMNOS ISLAND. APRIL 17TH, 2015
Portianos Military Cemetery, April 17th 2015 • Portianos Military Cemetery, April 17th 2015 at 1800hrs Ceremony to honour the sacrifice of Canadian nurses Matron Jessie B. Jaggard and Nursing Sister Mary Frances Munro • Memorial Service and the heroic contribution of nurses in the Great War • Sequence of Speakers:
• MC: Mr. Stelios Mantzaris, Friends of ANZAC
• Mrs. Christiana Kalogirou, Regional Governor
• Mr. Dimitris Marinakis, Mayor of Lemnos
• HE Robert Peck, Ambassador of Canada to the Hellenic Republic
• Mr. Greg Kenney, Director General, Veterans Affairs Canada
• Mrs. Victoria Wallace, Director General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
16 APRIL 17TH, 2015 - CANADA DAY
HE the Ambassador of Canada, Mr Robert Peck and Mrs Victoria Wallace (Hon) from CWGC, unveiling the plaque of the “Brothers Nurses in Canada”, following by wreaths laying. 3000 people watched the events this day !
17 APRIL 18TH, 2015- MUDROS, LEMNOS
Official Program of the day
Mudros Commonwealth War Cemetery 17:00 End of official turnout 17:15 Memorial Service 17:30 Wreath Laying service 17:45 Run mournful music by the Lemnian lyra-player Mr. Kotsinadellis Athanasios 17:50 Speech by the North Aegean Region’ s representative 17:55 Speech by the Australian Chief of Navy, Vice-Admiral Tim Barrett CSC RAN The Chief of the Greek HE The Ambassador of 18:00 Speech by Mr. George Vogiatzis, for the centenary of the landing at Army General Kostarakos G.Britain Mr John Kittmer Gallipoli and the Lemnos contribution in this. 18:15 Tour in the cemetery Mudros 18:45 Parade on the main road to Port (Departments of the Armed Forces, Student of A’ and B' education degree, the Red Cross - Annex Lemnos, cultural associations, etc.) Mudros Cultural Center 19:20 Photographic Exhibition and memorabilia from the 1915 season sponsored by the Mudros Cultural Association Presentation of the Erasmus program by teachers and students of the 1st EPAL Mudros on: «Retrospective look at World War 1 from a regional point of view» (The First World War from the perspective of our region) Speech of the President of the Mudros Cultural Association Laying wreaths at Mudros Cemetery Nasos Kotsinadelis
18 APRIL 18TH, 2015- MUDROS, LEMNOS
Photographic exhibitions at Mudros Cultural Center and the acceptance of the painting “The Lemnian” by the Mayor of Lemnos Mr Dimitrios Marinakis
Marching on Mudros main road More than 5000 people watched the events this day !!!
19 APRIL 19TH, 2015- PORTIANOU, LEMNOS 3RD DAY OF THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS
Memorial of Brigadier Stephen Saunders 10:30 Wreath Laying service from Lemnos Officials and the North Aegean prefecture in the area of the official honorary memorial of Brigadier Stephen Saunders.
HE The Ambassador of Great Britain, The Brigadier Stephen Saunders on his last appearance .From the North Aegean Region Governor and the video “ANZAC Story- A year before 100” President of the LFA
20 APRIL 19TH,2015- PORTIANOU, LEMNOS 3RD DAY OF THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS
Official Program of the Day 10:45 Memorial Service 11:00 Wreath Laying service 11:20 Tour in the Cemetery 11:00 The “Run for Peace”, a "Race" for commemorating the Gallipoli Campaign. Route is from the Commonwealth War Cemetery of Mudros to Portianou Portianou Cultural Center Exhibition of photographic material from the archives of the Run For Peace Australian Historian specialized in WWI, Mr. Jim Claven 11:30 “Commemorating Gallipolis’s Hellenic Heart – Lemnos 2015” presentation by the historian Mr. Jim Claven 11:45 Start of a symbolic race for the disable team of the Lemnos Athletic Team (Route: Palaio Pedino- Portianou village) Termination of the race and award of the winners and all the volunteers Kondias 14:00 Football game honouring “ The Spirit of Anzac”, between men of the Australian navy and Greek of the armed forces
“The Spirit of ANZAC “ Game
21 APRIL 19TH, 2015- PORTIANOU, LEMNOS 3RD DAY OF THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS The Memorial Service
The ANZAC Str. at Portianou Village
The Chief of The Greek Navy ,with the chief of the Australian Navy The Descendant of the Matron Wilson, laying wreath
Almost 4000 visitors and participants were on this day
22 APRIL 20TH, 2015- PORTIANOU, LEMNOS 3RD DAY OF THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS
Mudros Port Monument of the Fallen Australian Soldiers and Australian Nurses 15:30 Memorial Service 15:45 Official wreath laying service and flowers deposition of cruise ship passengers in the memorial plaque to the Fallen at the Gallipoli Campaign and the Australian Nurses. 16:00 “The role of the nurses and the support of the Flags at the port of Mudros Dancing in Mudros Lemnian society to them” Speech by Mr .John McLennan, President of Red Cross of NSW Exhibition of local products and traditional dances from the dance section of the Mudros Cultural Association Mudros Cultural Center 16:05 Exhibition of photographs and memorabilia season 1915 by the Cultural Association Mudros "The ANZACs on Lemnos 1915-2015, A Century - A History" Presentation of the program from the Greek and Australian warships on the Bay Gymnasium of Livadohori More than 6000 locals and visitors from 2 cruise ships participated
23 PUBLICATION IN AUSTRALIA
More than 8 channels and 30 journalists from Greece and globally cover the events
24 Logos for the events
25 In cooperation with the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, the Lemnian Union of Associations, and the War Museum of Athens, Jim Claven an Australian historian and researcher presented a great conference in Athens on 25th April
26 A great event from the Embassy of Greece in Canberra , Australia 27 These commemorative events for the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign were covered by the following : Athenian Press Agency Greek National Network ERT Makedonia TV Alpha TV Station-North Greece Center TV –Kavala Nova Izvestia Russia-Journalist Alex Korzun Stephen Quinn- UK Neos Kosmos newspaper-Australia Charles Miranda - Australian correspondent for the News Corporation newspapers and many more ..
Estimated amount of viewers : more than 700000 28people ANZAC Day and Lemnos in the Gallipoli Campaign
A film by John Korodimos The Greek option of this historical event of the WW1. This film is created by Mr John Korodimos for the Greek War Museum. In co-operation and co- production with our Association
Youtube :https://youtu.be/_YvOnc_7faU
29 10/05/2015
Event co organized with OL.SY (Union of the Lemnian Assoc.), for the Centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign- War Museum, Athens
30 26-28 June 2015 International Conference : WW1 in the Mediterranean-ANZAC and the role of Lemnos
Under the Auspices of: O Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας
31 Starting to prepare the International Conference
Greek National TV TV “Makedonia”
32 The 2 best blog spots in the tourism field..
The Conference was announced by more than 50 different TV channels and blog spots around the world in Greece , Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Canada, Russia, USA !!!! 33 The International Conference was during a very serious time for Greece ( referendum), but it also had a great publication, in the Greek and International press.
Εφημερίδα "Μακεδονία " http://www.makthes.gr/…/Limnos- _Eikastika_kai_diethnes_syne…
Λήμνος- Εικαστικά και διεθνές συνέδριο για τα 100 χρόνια από την εκστρατεία της Καλλίπολης -... Η έκθεση MAKTHES.GR
The official advertisement for the TV The Lemnos ' Friends of Anzac Https://youtu.be/hfQssRx3fLA 34 It was a great honor for the Association , the auspices we had from H.E. The President of the Hellenic Democracy, Mr Prokopios Pavlopoulos
From left to right: Dr. Zisis Fotakis, Lecturer in the Naval Academy , Stelios Mantzaris, President of LFA, HE The president of Hellenic Democracy, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos , Prof. Evanthis Xatzivasileiou University of Athens, at the President’ s Palace
35 International Conference 26th-28th June ,2015-Lemnos 36 The Official program of the 3 days conference The Conference had a great success. It was covered by the following TV Channels: Greek National Tv Station (ERT) Alfa Tv (North Greece) Makedonia TV Star Channel North Greece And among many others, by Peter Switzer from Sky News Business ( Australia )
Mr Pantelis Savvidis, journalist, “Menoume Ellada” Ert, Greece Prof. Evanthis Xatzivassileiou, ”Makedonia TV University of Athens 37 The banner of the sponsors in the Conference
38 Evaggelos Giarmadouros, Sub Prefect Stelios A.Mantzaris, President LFA Nitsa Dora, Poet North Aegean Region
39 Dr.Marina Petrakis, Researcher Ass. Prof. Dionisis Chourchoulis, Open University of Greece
Dr. Theofanis Vlahos, Directorate of the Greek Army Ass.Prof. Vlasis Vlassidis, University of Makedonia 40 Hon. John Pandazopoulos, WHIA, Australia Dr.Litta Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, Archaeological Institute of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Evanthis Xatzivasileiou, University of Athens Em.Prof.Geoffrey Till, King’s College, U.K. 41 Prof.John Hattendorf, Prof. Serhat Guvenc, Dr.Zisis Fotakis ,Lecturer, War College Museum, USA Kadir Khas University ,Turkey Greek Naval War University
42 Prof. Alexander Sheldon –Duplaix, Mr. Giotis Ioannidis, “Tetragon” “ Dr.Natalie Vogeikoff-Brogan , Defence History Naval the museum of the First World War American School for Classical Museum, France in Moudros“ . Studies,USA Co- operation with our Association
43 Press release of the conference, July 2015
“The Lemnos’ Friends of ANZAC” Association International Conference for the Gallipoli Campaign, title: ¨The First World War in the Mediterranean – ANZAC and the role of Lemnos”
For the first time, so systematically in Greece, an international conference took place at Varos Village Hotel Lemnos, to highlight the role of the island in the Battle of Gallipoli, organized by "The Lemnos’ Friends of ANZAC “ Association ( June 26th-28th, 2015)
Primarily investigated in detail, the political and military components of the notorious Gallipoli campaign, which held a significant extent developments in Thracian and Asia Minor battlefield and is ( for many reasons, both good and bad) a high valued historical fact. As noted in the conference, the Gallipoli Campaign, as a historical event took place to provide from its allies, "Entente", aid to Russia so as not to isolate the Black Sea and the Allied defeat and held the future of Istanbul. Particular attention was paid to the causes that led to the defeat of the Allies with very interesting approaches from professors of maritime history and other specialists of the Australia, US, France, Britain, Turkey and Greece.
The Battle of Gallipoli rose the star of Mustafa Kemal, the future founder of the Turkish Republic, whose military tactics characterized aggressive. And on….
44 The International Conference of June 2015 ,was a very big step ahead, for the recognition globally of the role of Lemnos in the Gallipoli Campaign, the ANZAC and the modern history of many countries globally . Among these countries, is Greece…
In the centenary of the armistice of Mudros , 2018, we will invite representatives of 88
countries!!!!! 45 The first day of the Conference, announced by Dr. Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory of the Archaeological Institute of Sydney, an international invitation to make an international survey on the island of Lemnos . The results of this survey, in cooperation with many institutions around the world, will help us to put Lemnos, and Greece in general in the right position in the modern history of the world
46 Women in War , is been awarded as “Best cultural practice project “ in European Union 47 “Women In War” performed in Lemnos at the ancient theatre of Ifaisteia. It was co-operation and funded by our Association . After Lemnos, performed with great success, in Canakalle –Turkey and for 2 weeks in Melbourne – Australia
Composed by Tasos Ioannidis
48 Published in Australia
A film for the Gallipoli Campaign , with the famous actor Russell Crowe 49 International Conference in Thessaloniki, ( October 2015)
50 We operate together with…
The Gallipoli Association (Great Britain)
Canada’ s Veteran Affairs N.Z. Veterans Affairs 51 The re-enactement of the Nurses in Lemnos, September 2015
52 Our Association fully supported the LGCC from Melbourne-Australia
53 Our Association Fully support The “Lemnos 1915” from NSW- Australia
Hon. Malcolm Turnbull Says: At the 'Being Greek' Festival this afternoon in Kogarah with Barton MP Nickolas Varvaris, and Banks MP David Coleman. I was presented with a photograph of Australian soldiers from the Gallipoli campaign at the hospital on the Greek island of Lemnos during WW1.
54 That is what woke us up.. This is exactly what people around the world have in mind, when they talk about Lemnos, Greece contribution was at the Gallipoli Campaign .We must correct this impressions…
55 Our Association’ Goals :
To promote the role that Lemnos had during WW1 and especially at the Gallipoli C a m p a i g n To promote the Gallipoli Campaign as the beginning of the modern Greek History To raise awareness for Lemnos To invite and position ourselves in the Global stage of the modern International a l l i a n c e . To connect the Modern History of Lemnos with the History of the last 6000 years
56 2013 Commemorations
2014 Commemorations 57 2015 Commemorations This project refers to a starting point for all these organizations
58 “ T h e L e m n o s ‘ F r i e n d s of A n z a c ” Association
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