1st Gerringong (8th Catholic) / 1st Gerringong
Status: Closed
Registered: 16/04/1926; Reregistered 1952.
Closed: 17/12/2007
Hall: 8-10 Blackwood St, Gerringong
Scarf: Black base, ½ in royal blue border
History
In list of groups formed in 1st year of Catholic Scouting (ie 1926). Troop of 12 scouts under SM Edward English formed mid-1926. Troop started 12/6/1926 under SM English. Registered 16/4/1926. Existed late 1926. In early 1927 called Our Boys League Scouts. List in 1925-35 book at St Vincent de Paul archives said was 8th Catholic, registered 14/6/1926 and c 1931 leader was Mr English. Gerringong in 1927.
Group reregistered 16/4/1936. Not mentioned in 1928-51 South Coast Annual Reports. New group formed 1951-52, had 19 Cubs/21 Scouts/4 Leaders at March 1952 census. Pack not reregistered 1954.
Had 24 Cubs/18 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1953, 10 Scouts/1 Leader in 1954 & 55, 18 Cubs/18 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1956, 25 Cubs/18 Scouts/2 Seniors/2 Leaders in 1957, 44 members in 1960, 44 in 1961, 41 in 1963, 30 in 1967, 33 in 1968, 45 in 1969, 40 in 1970, 35 in 1971, 43 in 1972, 49 in 1973, 4 Cubs/10 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1987, 21 Youth/4 Leaders in 1989, 40 Youth/9 Leaders in 1990, 16 Cubs/21 Scouts/4 Venturers/8 Leaders in 1991, 16 Cubs/15 Scouts/9 Leaders in 1991.
Won HR Lee Flag competition in 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 2nd in 1960 & 1969. Not in 1958 or 1976 lists of Catholic troops so must have become Open.
Pack/Troop/Group deregistered 17/12/2007.
According to Kiama Independent 3/11/1954 Gerringong Scout/Guide hall opened on 30/10/1954 by Mayor G Chittick. It had been former School of Arts building which a few years before had been declared dilapidated and unfit for use. Old iron walls were replaced with weatherboards, a brick and concrete entrance with wrought iron railing erected, the old supper room renovated and extended as dens and 2 murals painted in hall by Mr H Gallop. Hall was at 8/10 Blackwood St/ has been surrendered.
Previous leaders
? – ? · David L. Emery · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Geoffrey L. Manning · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Mary M. Cronin · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Robert J. Waite · Cub Leader
? – 1962 · E. B. Miller · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1973 · Ruth E. Jordan · Assistant Cub Master
? – 1991 · Colleen Campbell · Venturer Leader
? – 1991 · Guy Marriott · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – 1992 · Tammy Birdsall · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – 2000 · Annette Alldrick · Assistant Cub Leader
1926 – ? · Edward English · Scout Master
1953 – 1965 · Robert Rogers · Scout Master
1956 – 1962 · Nathalie Hillman · Cub Master
1959 – 1962 · Ellen D. Holman · Assistant Cub Master
1960 – 1962 · Bruce E. Miller · Assistant Scout Master
1962 – ? · E. B. Miller · Assistant Cub Leader
1962 – 1963 · K. Richardson · Group Scout Master
1962 – 1968 · Ellen D. Holman · Cub Master
1962 – 1981 · Bruce E. Miller · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1966 · John N. Holman · Assistant Cub Master
1965 – ? · Robyn L. Chittick · Assistant Cub Master
1965 – 1966 · Graham F. C. Wishart · Scout Master
1968 – ? · D. E. Holman · Cub Master
1968 – 1970 · June B. Vaux · Cub Master
1968 – 1973 · Allan H. Ravell · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1980 · Robert A. Daniel · Scout Master
1973 – 1980 · Graham F. C. Wishart · Group Leader
1974 – 1977 · Tonko-Jan (Tony) Tonkes · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – 1976 · Christine G. Gilmore · Assistant Cub Leader
1976 – ? · Maurice J. Wright · Cub Leader
1976 – ? · Norma C. Wright · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – ? · Peter W. Grudnoff · Assistant Scout Leader
1979 – 1982 · Andrew K. Fielding · Assistant Scout Leader
1980 – ? · HAWKE. John H. · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – 1996 · Robert A. Daniel · Group Leader
1982 – 1984 · Peter A. Hart · Scout Leader
1983 – ? · Edgar Miller · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Ian D. Tait · Cub Leader
1983 – 1985 · Wouter M. C. Boerlage · Scout Leader
1983 – 1993 · Bruce E. Miller · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – ? · David Hindmarsh · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1987 · Craig C. McCullagh · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1988 · Meryl J. Crawford · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – 1988 · Wouter M. C. Boerlage · Assistant Scout Leader
1989 – 1993 · Robyn Barber · Cub Leader
1990 – ? · Colleen Handley · Venturer Leader
1990 – ? · Garry Hanson · Provisional Leader (Scouts)
1990 – 1995 · Ian Cross · Assistant Scout Leader
1990 – 1996 · Malcolm Dunwoodie · Assistant Scout Leader
1990 – 1996 · Timothy Carter · Scout Leader
1991 – ? · Colleen Campbell · Assistant Venturer Leader
1991 – 1993 · Guy Marriott · Venturer Leader
1993 – 1993 · James Neale · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 1995 · Robyn Barber · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 1998 · Warren Norrie · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 2000 · James Neale · Cub Leader
1995 – 2000 · William McCarroll · Assistant Cub Leader
1996 – ? · Annette Aldrick · Assistant Cub Leader
1996 – 1997 · Robert A. Daniel · Non Warranted Rank (Quarter Master)
1996 – 2005 · John Alldrick · Scout Leader
1997 – ? · Robert A. Daniel · Group Advisor
1997 – 1999 · Konstanty Kudzielko · Assistant Scout Leader
1998 – 2000 · Warren Norrie · Group Leader
2000 – 2000 · William McCarroll · Assistant Scout Leader
2000 – 2001 · Annette Alldrick · Cub Leader
2000 – 2001 · James Neale · Assistant Cub Leader
2000 – 2002 · William McCarroll · Group Leader
2000 – 2003 · Fiona Vandam · Assistant Cub Leader
2000 – 2003 · Leslie Miller · Assistant Scout Leader
2002 – 2005 · Jeffrey Smith · Assistant Cub Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
1959 · Raymond Davis, Michael Hindmarsh, Neil Miller, Brendan Nixon
1960 · Alan Boxsell, Peteris Medenis, Trevor Nixon
1964 · Everard Kloots, John Tierney
1967 · David Emery
Medal of Merit
1989 · Robert Daniel
1990 · Bruce Miller
Certificate for Good Services
1972 · Ruth Jordan
Thanks Badge
1981 · Clive Emery
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