On Friday 14 September at Palace Electric Cinema in Canberra a feature-length documentary by Miloš Škundrić "The Long Road to War" was screened to the packed audience. The movie is about the origins of World War One.
У петак је у Кину Палас премијерно приказан целовечерњи документарни филм Милоша Шкундрића Дуго путовање у рат у коме су у духу најбољих ББЦ докуметараца анализирани разлози и припреме за Први светски рат.
"I was just blown away by detail and the learning curve of what happened beforehand. In Australia we are not thought that at all", said one of the spectators.
On Saturday 15th September in the BAE Systems Theatre at the Australian War Memorial Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia HE Mr Miroljub Petrović Welcomed guests to Serbia Remembers – Australians and New Zealanders in World War One
Descendants of Australians who served with Serbs during World War One joined members of the Australian Serbian community at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra for a special Centenary of World War One commemoration, marking an important chapter in relations between Australians, New Zealanders and Serbs during our joint struggle as Allies in the War.
The service of some 1,500 Australian and New Zealand medical volunteers, soldiers, airmen and sailors in Serbia and on the Salonika Front will be commemorated; as will the service of more than 170 Australians and New Zealanders decorated by Serbia for distinguished and gallant service.
This commemoration coincides with the centenary of a decisive breakthrough on the Salonika Front by the Serbian and Allied armies between 15 and 18 September 1918 at the Battle of Dobro Polje, which led to the capitulation of the Bulgarian Army and eventually to the defeat of Austria- Hungary, Ottoman Turkey and Germany and the end of WWI. Several hundred Australians and New Zealanders served on the Salonika Front alongside the allied Serbian Army and nearby seas.
The commemoration at the War Memorial was part of a program of events in Canberra on 14, 15 and 16 September, co-organised by the Library Fund of the St Lazarus Serbian Orthodox Church, with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Australia, the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian organisations in Australia
Senator for NSW Jim Molan AO DSC read the message on behalf of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Defence Personnel and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC and Major General Professor John Pearn AO RFD MD had given a talk on The Oak and the Wattle: Australians with Serbs in World War One.
His Grace the Right Reverend Siluan Bishop of Australia and New Zealand - Serbian Orthodox Church addressed the guests talking about Serbian people in World War One.
Afterwards Book launch was held by Emeritus Professor David Horner AM of : Our Forgotten Volunteers: Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One, by Bojan Pajic.
Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia HE Mr Miroljub Petrović said for SBS that he was very proud seeing so many Australians attending the event.
