Over the course of 1915, most of the 50,000 Australian personnel who served at Gallipoli passed through the island of Lemnos. Centring his attention on the Australian experience of the island, historian Jim Claven shares unique and humanising insights into the Gallipoli campaign.
Jim is the author of Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed: A Pictorial History of the Anzacs in the Aegean 1915-16.
Listen to Jim describe how the Allies utilised Lemnos as their base of operations for the Gallipoli campaign and the connections formed between the locals of Lemnos and the Allied, including ANZAC forces.