TWO Albury women who served their country during war will be honoured in this year’s Border Legacy appeal.
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Badges have been created in the likenesses of nurses Lucy Agnes Staton and Charlotte Joan McAllister, who were each matrons of Albury hospital during last century.
Matron Staton enlisted in 1940 and served on the hospital ship Manunda in the Middle East and New Guinea. She was discharged in 1946 with the rank of major, having tallied 2041 days of active service including 1074 days overseas.
Matron McAllister nursed in both World Wars and was mentioned in dispatches for her work on the North West Frontier in 1917.
She was made a Member of the British Empire in 1954 for her services to nursing.
Albury Legacy immediate past president Colin Darts said the new badges recognised two significant figures, who both lived into their late 90s.
“It puts an Albury perspective on it because all the funds that we raise stay in the Albury-Wodonga area,” he said.
The Legacy appeal takes place on September 7 and 8.