The Committee and members of Melbourne’s Pontiaki Estia Club in Brunswick organised a fundraising event last week on behalf of the Lemnos Gallipoli cause.

The well-attended function provided a night of quality musical entertainment, traditional dancing, food and enjoyment and managed to raise a total of $4,100, in addition to hundreds of dollars raised as a result from the sale of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee (LGCC) badges and posters.

The night was held to promote the link between Lemnos and Australia’s Gallipoli story and to help raise funds for the memorial statue in Port Melbourne and various related book projects. The participants in the event also recalled the memory of Private Peter Rados, a digger from Asia Minor, who was killed during the Gallipoli campaign and is buried at Anzac Cove.

In a statement after the fundraiser, the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee expressed its sincere thanks to the Committee and the members of Melbourne’s Pontiaki Estia Club for their efforts and to all the musicians who volunteered their time and performance.