Pride of Australia 2018: War veteran Elton Ray Winslow accepts Editor’s Award
The Pride of Australia Editor’s Award was introduced for the first time this year for outstanding community service. It was awarded to 93-year-old war veteran Elton Ray Winslow from Dubbo.
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The Pride of Australia Editor’s Award is being introduced for the first time this year for outstanding community service.
The award goes to 93-year-old war veteran Elton Ray Winslow from Dubbo.
The former WWII Spitfire pilot has dedicated more than 60 years to Legacy and is still driving war widows to functions today in Dubbo.
“I joined legacy in 1963 and have been all over the country including Brisbane and Sydney. I have continuous service,” Mr Winslow said.
“I think it’s a good opportunity to help widows of ex-service people. Every year we have a Mother’s Day function and Christmas function. In Dubbo we have 80 war widows.”
Accepting his medal from Daily Telegraph editor Christopher Dore, and overwhelmed Mr Winslow said: “I was never a hero but I’m still going strong.
“I’m overwhelmed by how this city has advanced since I was least here and can’t wait to get back to Dubbo quick enough.”
The Pride of Australia awards honour ordinary Australians thrust by fate into life and death situations, police officers, volunteer firefighters, teenagers who have displayed courage beyond their years, those who have raised untold thousands for charity and selfless individuals who have spent their lives in the service of others and the protection of animals.
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Inspired by the Liberty Medal established by the New York Post in the wake of the September 11 attacks, Pride of Australia, championed by the Daily Telegraph, underpins the notion there is no greater measure of a society’s strength than its ability to recognise, learn from and reward its true heroes.
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