Hellenic Memorial, Canberra

The Allied troops, largely from Australia and New Zealand, were vastly outnumbered on the ground and German forces dominated in the air: This campaign became a 'fighting withdrawal'.

This memorial commemorates those who died and fought in these Greek campaigns, including in the Mediterranean Sea with the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Marine, members of the Royal Australian Air Force and the Nursing Services, Special Covert Forces, other Allied service personnel and Greek civilians who helped these people to safety.

The marble memorial recalls the shape of an Ancient Greek theatre amidst an olive grove, backed by Cyprus pines.

The column stands on a mosaic pavement which represents the rugged coastline and battlefields of the campaigns amidst the peninsulas and islands of Greece.

(Design: Mary Hall) The damaged steel fragments represent the futility and destruction of war and, together with the column, are indicative of buried relics of civilisation and conflict.