A Liverpool-born grandma was so “gobsmacked” to win a Medal of the Order of Australia that she thought it was a driving fine.
Jean Bruce, 73, was born in Kensington in 1948 in a working-class household on Saxony Road. She emigrated to Perth, Australia, in 1983 and volunteered for 30 years, continuing to work through a cancer diagnosis two years ago.
She was told she had won a Medal of the Order of Australia – the highest recognition for outstanding achievement and service for her work in the community – last week.
