Melbourne commemorates and honours the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos neoskosmos.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from neoskosmos.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The George Treloar Memorial Committee, in conjunction with Merimna Pontion Kyrion Oceania and Pontiaki Eastia, will hold its annual commemorative service at the Major George Devine Treloar Statue and Memorial in Sturt Street, Ballarat.
May 19 marks Pontic Greek Genocide Remembrance Day, an official day of commemoration for the systematic killing and ethnic cleansing of Greeks living on the shores of the Black Sea during World War I and the Greco-Turkish War that followed.