Our Club was honoured by the presence of Legacy Past President Max Lemon and his wife Meredith to receive our donation of $20,000 with funds raised by this year’s Art Show held in May. Max is a retired Army man with vast experience in many senior positions in the Australian Army. Max gave us a bit of the history of Legacy. A staggering 60,000 Australian soldiers died in action in WWI with a total of 250,000 dead or wounded. If you take the perspective of the Australian population of 5 million at that time, you can see the high percentage per capita this would have meant. This is not counting the number of shell-shocked soldiers, which we now know as PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder! That was why Legacy was founded, that is to look after the families of fallen or wounded soldiers. Max said currently their oldest beneficiary is a 106 year old war widow and their youngest is 2 year old child. The volunteers in Legacy are called Legatees and they do a great job looking after the families of our fallen soldiers. The cheque was presented by President Alastair Birse and Art Show Chairman Bruce Spangler. Max thanked our Club for this generous donation on behalf of Legacy.
