Queen's Birthday Honour: OAM, Eva Matiszik

Nadine Morton
Updated June 11 2018 - 9:59am, first published 5:00am
SERVICE: Eva Matiszik has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK
SERVICE: Eva Matiszik has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

IN 1949, eight-year-old Eva Bakos, her sister Ibolya and their mother Blanka left war-torn Europe and fled to Australia where the trio’s first stop was the Bathurst Migrant Camp on Limekilns Road.

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Nadine Morton

Nadine Morton

Senior journalist

Breaking news journalist at the Illawarra Mercury. Email: nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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