About 30 war widows and a small battalion of those generous men and women known as legatees gathered in the town to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Legacy.
“I don’t know what would have come of me if it wasn’t for Legacy.”
About 30 war widows and a small battalion of those generous men and women known as legatees gathered in the town to commemorate theThe setting was special: Korumburra is the town where the founder of the organisation, Stan Savige, spent his childhood. War widows Dianne Holyrood, 91, Avis Tilley, 98, and Maureen Matthews, 85, commemorate the centenary of Legacy at Korumburra, south Gippsland, on Sunday.
Veterans flocked to become legatees – those willing to helping out families in the cause of keeping a flame burning for those who were lost.Tens of thousands of families were taken into the quiet care of legatees, and 100 years later, they still are. Legatees are rarely named or widely celebrated. Their mantra is service before self without acknowledgment.
Maureen Matthews remembered losing her husband Robert, a Vietnam veteran, in 1984. He was 48, suffering illness traced to his time in Vietnam, said Maureen, now aged 85. “He asked about my social life, and arranged to get me out of the house and to go to meetings with other war widows. I made many good friends.
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