Survivors take up the fight against Greek bureaucracy for Battle of Crete heroes

Elderly survivors of the Battle of Crete, which involved more than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers, continue to be ...
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Battle of Crete remembered 83 years on

Raewynne Niwa attended the Battle of Crete commemoration service wearing her father Mel Askew’s medals. Askew, who died in 2019, was taken prisoner during the battle 83 years ago. Photo: VANESSA ...
Neos Kosmos

Australia and Crete honour enduring wartime bonds on 85th anniversary of Battle of Crete

Australian Ambassador to Greece Alison Duncan joined dignitaries, descendants of veterans and local communities across Crete ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'Second Anzacs' honoured with 42nd Street Memorial in Crete

Captain (then Sergeant) Reg Saunders (centre) and troops on leave from New Guinea in 1943.(AWM 057894) In May 1941, 6,500 Australian troops took part in the desperate and ultimately doomed defence of ...

Princess Anne announces major trip overseas

Princess Anne will be making a royal visit soon.
The New Zealand Herald

Battle of Crete memorial at Mount RSA this Sunday

Joy Adams holding a picture of her late father Bertram "Snowy" Smith who fought in the Battle of Crete. Joy Adams will attend Mount Maunganui’s Battle of Crete memorial, honouring her father’s WWII ...
BBC

Battle of Crete 1941 by Leonard Charles Eades

Archive List > Books > Battle of Crete 1941 by Leonard Charles Eades If you look at a map you will see the island of Crete is a long strip of land lying across the... The bomb had burst as it entered ...