LAST Saturday August 31, Noreen Shaw of Glass House Mountains celebrated her 98th birthday with family and friends at the Power Boat Club Caloundra. Noreen came to Glass House Mountains at the age of 18 years after joining the land army in the 2nd World War for which she received land army medals.
Having to work on farms in the area, as the men were sent off to war and the women were sent to farms to work in their place, Noreen soon met and married local man Ron Shaw, who sadly died at young age, leaving Noreen to work and bring up her six children on her own.
Noreen still resides in the Glasshouse Mountains area with her large extended family and many friends around her.” Happy birthday Noreen!
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