Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Nurse Decorated.

Sister Lucy Boughton has been invested with the Royal Red Cross by the King at Buckingham Palace, the investure taking place on May 22nd. Sister Boughton is a sister of Matron Boughton, of ' Karoola 'Private Hospital, East Kempsey.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 14 June 1919 page 4

Sister Lucy Boughton, R.R.C., had an enthusiastic welcome at the railway station on Wednesday morning, telegraphs our Kempsey correspondent. She was met by the Mayor, Alderman O'Neill, and members of the various patriotic bodies, also by a, number of school children, each of whom presented a bunch of flowers. A few returned soldiers were also present, some of whom Sister Boughton had nursed on the other side. She had been on active service for over four years. She was two years at Harefield Hospital, England, one year at Rouen, six months at a clearing station in Belgium, and a year at Abbeville. His Majesty the King presented Sister "Lucy" with the R.R.C., and she was received by Queen Alexandra.

Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 16 October 1919 page 6