Second daughter of Stella and James Matthews
Gwen now lives in retirement at Ipswich, QLD, close to her daughter Julie Anne, and is in reasonable contact with her son Barry.
Gwen, a trained nurse, had been employed until 1983 at the Ipswich Mental Hospital for a total of 28 years. She gained her original nursing certificate after four years training at the Tamworth Base hospital.
In 1944 she married Alfred Charles Lander. He died in 1981. In 1987 she re-married – Albert Maddison, who died of a sudden heart attack while on holidays at Bribie Island (QLD), just three years later. Gwen now works voluntarily with Meals-on-Wheels, Legacy and other charitable causes.
Gwen has two children, Barry and Julie Anne.
- Barry Lander lives at Laidley, QLD, with his wife Gail and their three children – Wayne, Carah and Tegan. He works for Australian Construction Services (used to be Commonwealth Public Works Dept.) – commenced there at 16 years of age and is closely associated with Amberley RAAF Base Headquarters.
- Julie Anne Smith (nee Lander), lives at Ipswich with her husband Brian and children Katrina, Paula and Jason. Katrina has a daughter – Tahlia Emily.
