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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-26
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[01] Memorial service at El Alamein
[01] Memorial service at El Alamein
The 66th anniversary since the Battle of El Alamein in 1942 and the
Greeks killed there in the battles against the Axis forces were
honoured in a ceremony held at El Alamein on Saturday, in the presence
of the ambassadors of Greece, Cyprus and New Zealand.
Particularly moving was the presence of the sole surviving Greek
combatant in the battle, 88-year-old Vassilis Sarris, who was
surrounded by representatives of the veterans unions and three branches
of the Armed Forces.
At the Greek cemetery of El Alamein, a memorial service was read out by
Nitria Bishop Nikodimos and the head cleric of the Armed Forces Gen.
Father George Apostolakidis.
Then the names of the 91 Greeks, officers, NCOs and men, killed in El
Alamein between August and December 1942 was read out, after which
officials laid wreaths at the memorial - including one sent by
President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias and placed by Commodore
Ioannis Zotos in the presence of a detachment of Evzones from the
Presidential Guard.
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