Greek military officials, Vice Admiral Ioannis Paxivanakis HN and Lieutenant Colonel Christos Anastasiadis of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, who were in Melbourne for the celebrations of the Battle of Crete, visited the Greek Center and met with Board and staff members.

The two Greek officials were accompanied by the Consul General of Greece Mr. Dimitris Michalopoulos and Mr. Antonis Tsourdalakis from the Commemorative Committee of the Battle of Crete.

The Greek officials were welcomed to the Greek Centre by the President of the Greek Community Mr. Bill Papastergiadis, the General Secretary Mr. Costas Markos and members of the staff.

After a brief tour at the Greek Centre, the Greek Consulate, the Greek Community and the Commemorative Committee of the Battle of Crete hosted for the two military officials a lunch, and dicsussed various issues concerning the Greek Centre and the Greek community in general.