Ellen Moyses has waited a long time for royal correspondence, but she finally got a birthday card from Queen Elizabeth for her 100th birthday yesterday.
She celebrated the milestone at Uniting Aged Care Manor Lakes and has set herself a new challenge: “I’m going to make it to 101.”
Mrs Moyses was born on March 4, 1914 and quips that her birth started World War I the following year. In 1946 she married her late husband William, who was an army driver stationed in NSW during World War II and then a labourer.
They raised three children in Footscray, according to her eldest son, Robert Moyses, who lives in Wyndham Vale.
“She had five sisters and one brother, three of whom lived to their 90s, but she’s outlived them all,” Mr Moyses said.
“I suppose you could say I am the last one standing, or at least sitting,” Mrs Moyses added from her wheelchair.
