1st Coniston
Status: Closed
Registered: 22/05/1945
Closed: 31/10/1996
Hall: Keiraville Institute, Cnr South St & Strathearn Ave, Wollongong
Scarf: 1946 Black base, white and saxe blue stripes Red base, ¼ in royal blue border, no gap, ¼ in white stripe
History
Troop started 8/5/1945 (18 Scouts/3 Leaders), registered 22/5/1945, Pack 19/7/1945 (24 Cubs/1 Leader), Rovers 16/6/1949, Seniors 18/10/1951 and met at Gladstone Park /later troop met at Keiraville Institute Cnr South St & Strathearn Ave Wollongong.
Had 16 Cubs/18 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1945, 24 Cubs/17 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1946, 13 Cubs/12 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1947, 18 Cubs/10 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1948, 18 Cubs/14 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1949, 17 Cubs/13 Scouts/1 Rover/8 Leaders in 1950, 18 Cubs/18 Scouts/1 Rover/9 Leaders in 1951, 36 Cubs/16 Scouts/5 Seniors/2 Rovers/12 Leaders in 1952, 30 Cubs/26 Scouts/6 Seniors in 1953, 29 Cubs/21 Scouts/3 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1954, 31 Cubs/19 Scouts/2 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1955, 37 Cubs/23 Scouts/2 Rovers/8 Leaders in 1956, 24 Cubs/20 Scouts/7 Leaders in 1957, 22 Cubs/21 Scouts/1 Senior/6 Leaders in 1958, 46 members in 1960, 18 Cubs/18 Scouts/7 Seniors (48 total) in 1961, 51 members in 1962, 50 in 1963, 51 in 1968, 49 in 1969, 42 in 1970, 36 in 1971, 38 in 1972, 36 in 1973, 9 Cubs/1 Scout/2 Leaders in 1987, 6 Youth/4 Leaders in 1989, no members in 1990.
Had rover Crew in 1949/50 with W Hairfield RSL (previously SM) in 1949. 1952 SC Annual report said new pack formed. Seniors not reregistered 1954. Hall nearly finished 1955 & officially opened 1955/56.
Had Seniors in 1951. In 1981 had Cubs, Scouts, 4 Leaders but no Group Committee. Group deregistered April 1991 /reregistered December 1992. Reopened 14/11/1992 and Cub Pack first meeting 12/10/1992.
According to Wollongong Advertiser 18/11/1992 reopened 14/11/1992 after being closed for 5 years.
Joey Mob registered August 1994/ deregistered February 1996. Pack, troop /group deregistered July 1997. J Penney List has closed 31/10/1996.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Darcy J. Goodwin · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · David Hutchison · Scout Leader
? – ? · Gloria J. Marsh · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · J. Bow · Assistant Cub Master
? – ? · Kathleen M. Edwards · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Leona S. Ralph · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Shawn Frazer · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1942 · Victor Rule · Cub Master
? – 1956 · D. J. Miller · Scout Master
? – 1960 · John Stiff · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1983 · Allan H. Fisher · Group Leader
? – 1983 · David Kelly · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1991 · James Taylor · Cub Leader
? – 1994 · Johanne Rock · Cub Leader
1945 – ? · Jack Moore · Assistant Scout Master
1945 – 1947 · Eric Neeson · Assistant Scout Master
1945 – 1948 · Colin Stumbles · Scout Master
1945 – 1949 · B. J. Smith · Cub Master
1946 – ? · Grace Jordan · Cub Master
1946 – ? · Kathleen Atkinson · Assistant Cub Leader
1947 – 1949 · B. Whitten · Assistant Cub Leader
1948 – 1953 · W. A. Hairfield · Scout Master
1949 – ? · G. Millar · Assistant Scout Master
1949 – 1951 · K. A. Robinson · Scout Master
1949 – 1968 · Arthur Jordan · Group Scout Master
1950 – ? · B. Baskerville · Assistant Cub Leader
1950 – 1951 · J. McAndrew · Assistant Cub Leader
1951 – ? · Don Millar · Scout Master
1951 – 1952 · J. C. Lees · Assistant Cub Leader
1951 – 1952 · M. S. Blanchard · Assistant Cub Leader
1951 – 1952 · N. A. Percival · Assistant Senior Scout Master
1951 – 1953 · J. McAndrew · Cub Master
1952 – ? · A. Halpin · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – ? · M. Jamieson · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – 1953 · W. H. Gregory · Assistant Scout Master
1952 – 1954 · Margaret (Peggy) Macqueen · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – 1956 · M. G. Robinson · Assistant Cub Leader
1956 – ? · J. A. Goulding · Assistant Cub Leader
1956 – 1958 · Frederick E. Badman · Assistant Scout Master
1957 – 1960 · J. Dunlop · Assistant Cub Leader
1958 – 1959 · E. F. Gibson · Assistant Cub Leader
1959 – ? · B. D. Elliott · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – ? · B. Elliott · Cub Master
1961 – ? · D. Pincombe · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – 1962 · Gwendolyne A. Murray · Assistant Cub Master
1962 – ? · B. Elliott · Cub Master
1962 – 1968 · Victor C. Rule · Scout Master
1962 – 1969 · Gwendolyne A. Murray · Cub Master
1963 – 1964 · R. C. Johnson · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1964 · Robert C. Johnson · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1965 · Laurel A. Johnson · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1965 · Marion Hardy · Assistant Cub Master
1965 – 1968 · John R. Reeves · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1967 · Boukje J. (Beryl) Simpson · Assistant Cub Master
1966 – 1967 · Jillian A. Kennedy · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – ? · Robert A. Oakhill · Assistant Scout Master
1967 – 1969 · Pauline L. Sheehan · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – 1971 · Arthur J. Sheehan · Assistant Cub Master
1968 – 1969 · Bertram L. Bennington · Scout Master
1969 – 1969 · Peter Zerner · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1972 · Joan A. Dewar · Cub Master
1970 – 1974 · Frances A. (nee GODFREY) Rue · Cub Leader
1972 – ? · Alex Fisher · Scout Leader
1972 – ? · Allan H. Fisher · Scout Leader
1972 – ? · Annette Rue · Cub Leader
1974 – ? · Helen A. Ross · Cub Leader
1977 – ? · Sidney Smith · Scout Leader
1977 – 1978 · Marion Mckay · Cub Leader
1979 – 1983 · Correne Brown · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – ? · David Kelly · Scout Leader
1980 – 1983 · Leonard R. Lucas · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – 1989 · Suzanne J. Hitchens · Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Leonard R. Lucas · Group Leader
1983 – 1984 · Beth D. Roach · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1986 · Garry K. Beattie · Scout Leader
1986 – 1986 · James Taylor · Cub Leader
1987 – 1991 · Alan Taylor · Assistant Cub Leader
1989 – 1991 · Kathleen Drinkwater · Assistant Cub Leader
1990 – 1991 · Glen Taylor · Assistant Cub Leader
1990 – 1994 · Roy Mclaughlin · Scout Leader
1990 – 1994 · Therese Mclaughlin · Assistant Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Amelia Ward · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – ? · David Rock · Cub Leader
1994 – 1994 · Tanya Fullbrook · Assistant Scout Leader
1994 – 1995 · Diane Woolfe · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Stephen Woolfe · Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Tanya Fullbrook · Scout Leader
1995 – 1995 · Wayne Haggett · Group Leader
1995 – 1997 · Denis Mcgrath · Group Leader
1996 – ? · Bruce Dunlop · Assistant Cub Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
1952 · James Badman
1958 · Brian Kirkwood
Medal of Merit
1958 · Arthur Jordan
Thanks Badge
1975 · Vivian Clark, Joyce Fern, Dorothy Hall, Edna Houlison, Dorothy McCann, Thelma Robinson
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