As her home was burning, Ellen Francis Cartwright handed her three-year-old daughter to her husband and went back inside to find others. She never came back.
abc.net.au/news/ellen-cartwright-posthumous-bravery-medal-for-selfless-act/101349122On a remote Queensland Channel Country sheep and cattle station, four graves sit as a reminder of a terrible night when a fire tore through a timber homestead.
That heroic decision has now been officially recognised with a Bravery Medal from the Governor-General. "Mum passed Jeanie, my sister, out who was about three at the time to dad, and then told me to take her away to the tennis court," he said."My mother was the only one in my family that had ever given me a flogging but she also gave us tremendous hugs and I cherish her very much," he said.Ellen Cartwright with her husband George.
Joy D'Hennin and George Cartwright, who live in the same street in Toowoomba, share fond memories about George's mother. "The awards I am announcing today recognise people who, in a moment of peril, were selfless and brave. Confronted with danger, they chose to help others," the Governor-General said.
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