Emilia Keramidas at 100

Key points

• Emilia Keramidas turned 100 on 14 October. At 14, she fled her mountain village in Greece during the German invasion of 1941.
• She was later shot at by German soldiers while searching for food, but reached safety and was reunited with her family. In 1957, aged 30, she sailed to Australia with her sister Dora and settled in Melbourne, where she worked as a tailor.
• She now credits her long life to the Mediterranean diet. A letter from King Charles and Queen Camilla has marked her birthday.