1st Keiraville
Status: Still operating
Registered: 09/09/1924; 21/10/1952
Hall: 15 Grey St, Keiraville (Opened Nov 1962)
Scarf: Black base, ¼ in red border, no gap, ½ in emerald green stripe.
History
Shoalhaven Telegraph 2/9/1925 said Troop recently formed. South Coast Annual Report 1925 said new Troop formed 24/9/1924 / SM W Ellis. South Coast list registrations says 9/9/1924.
1953 SC Annual Report said 1st Keiraville & 1st Mt St Thomas formed with Leaders and Cubs from overcrowded Packs at Gwynneville & West Wollongong. Group registered 21/10/1952. South Coast list registrations says Troop registered 16/8/1951 & 24/11/1953, Pack 30/10/1952, Venturers 26/10/1961, Crew 24/6/1971 and 14/5/1990. E Allen appointed CM/ B Mercer ACM late 1952. Had pack holiday at 1st Katoomba’s hall in 1964.
Had 32 Cubs/3 Leaders in 1953, 21 Cubs/16 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1954, 24 Cubs/26 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1955, 23 Cubs/18 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1956, 24 Cubs/13 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1957, 21 Cubs/17 Scouts/7 Seniors/3 Leaders in 1958, 47 members in 1960, 46 in 1961, 54 in 1962, 59 in 1963, 65 in 1964, 70 in 1965-66, 65 in 1967, 63 in 1968, 62 in 1969, 76 in 1970, 69 in 1971, 79 in 1972, 76 in 1973, 18 Cubs/14 Scouts/8 Venturers/5 Leaders in 1987, 77 Youth/7 Leaders in 1989, 78 Youth/8 Leaders in 1990, 20 Joeys/30 Cubs/28 Scouts/16 Venturers/9 Rovers/11 Leaders in 1991, 18 Joeys/25 Cubs/17 Scouts/19 Venturers/6 Rovers/12 Leaders in 1992.
Hall at 15 Grey St under construction in 1961, completed by 1962 annual report, opened November 1962. Had secured land and had plans approved in 1959. Current leader Yvonne Savage says hall in Grey St opened 1954 and later extended and Venturer room, garage and shed added later. Rover Crew registered July 1971 with R Priestley RSL /deregistered July 1994. Joeys registered April 1991 (10 Joeys/2 Leaders) / deregistered February 1996 / reregistered 12/3/2007 with Leanne Cummins JL.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Craig Neilson · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Don Keen · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Heather Pemberton · Cub Instructor
? – ? · Ian C. Smith · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · John Priestly · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Justin M. Geddes · Assistant Scout Master
? – ? · Margaret F. Phibbs · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Michael D. Williams
? – ? · Raymond J. Potter · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Ronald A. (Ron) Lindoy · Honorary Leader
? – 1969 · John J. Moffatt · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1978 · Carol Mcgee · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1982 · Geoffrey Stansbury · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1995 · Edward O. Booth · Scout Leader
1924 – 1925 · W. Ellis · Scout Master
1952 – ? · Nancy Irvin · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – 1953 · Beryl Mercer · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – 1955 · Betty Allen · Cub Master
1953 – ? · Malcolm Trembath · Scout Leader
1954 – 1955 · Joan Dunlop · Assistant Cub Leader
1954 – 1956 · Frederick E. Badman · Assistant Scout Master
1954 – 1957 · Jim Badman · Assistant Scout Leader
1955 – ? · N. M. Lewis · Group Scout Master
1956 – ? · John Lewis · Group Leader
1956 – ? · Lyn Lever · Assistant Cub Leader
1956 – 1957 · Beverly Brough · Assistant Cub Leader
1956 – 1986 · Shirley F. (nee MEHARG) Lindoy · Cub Master
1957 – ? · Heather Low · Assistant Cub Leader
1958 – ? · James Naylor · Assistant Scout Leader
1958 – 1959 · Ronald A. (Ron) Lindoy · Assistant Scout Master
1959 – 1968 · Winsome E. Knaggs · Assistant Cub Master
1959 – 1971 · Ronald A. (Ron) Lindoy · Scout Master
1960 – ? · Beverley Kitchener · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – ? · Heather J. (nee PEMBERTON) Davies · Cub Instructor
1961 – 1961 · S. Brown · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – 1961 · Sidney A. Brown · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – 1963 · S. Brown · Senior Scout Master
1961 – 1963 · Sidney A. Brown · Venturer Leader
1962 – 1963 · Richard Hodder · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1963 – ? · Heather Pemberton · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1965 · Richard Hodder · Senior Scout Leader
1963 – 1966 · Denis Symons · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1966 · Harold D. Cardew · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1975 · Kenneth Gibson · Group Scout Master
1963 – 1986 · Heather J. (nee PEMBERTON) Davies · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – ? · Beryl Longhurst
1964 – ? · Michael Campbell · Assistant Scout Leader
1965 – ? · D. R. Keene · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1966 – 1967 · Alistair Mcneil · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1967 · Harriett A. Allen · Assistant Cub Leader
1967 – 1969 · Mervyn A. Coburn · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1971 · Rodney D. Moore · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – ? · Ronald G. Tunstall · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – ? · Ronald Turnsall · Assistant Cub Leader
1970 – 1972 · Garry Hood · Assistant Cub Master
1971 – ? · David Anderson · Assistant Scout Leader
1971 – ? · Robin L. L. Priestley · Rover Scout Leader
1971 – 1973 · Phillip S. Cardew · Assistant Scout Leader
1971 – 1973 · Rodney D. Moore · Scout Master
1971 – 1975 · David A. Aitcheson · Senior Scout Leader
1971 – 1983 · Ronald A. (Ron) Lindoy · Assistant Scout Master
1972 – ? · Geoffrey A. Stanbury · Cub Instructor
1973 – 1974 · Rodney D. Moore · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – 1975 · Ursula B. Aitcheson · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1977 · Betty M. Neilson · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1977 · Ronald G. Loughlin · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – 1978 · Raymond G. Davies · Scout Leader
1974 – 1975 · Robert H. Brassington · Assistant Venturer Leader
1974 – 1983 · Beverley J. Wilson · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1982 · Lindsay I. Neilson · Group Leader
1976 – ? · Geoffrey A. Stanbury · Assistant Cub Leader
1977 – ? · Justin Geddes · Rover Leader
1977 – ? · Miranda M. Read · Assistant Venturer Leader
1977 – 1979 · John T. Latham · Assistant Scout Leader
1977 – 1980 · Miranda M. (nee READ) Janszen · Assistant Venturer Leader
1978 – ? · Ian W. Glendenning · Scout Leader
1978 – ? · Michael G. Balding · Assistant Venturer Leader
1978 – 1980 · Alan Colclough · Venturer Leader
1979 – 1980 · Henry A. Colclough · Venturer Leader
1979 – 1981 · John T. Latham · Scout Leader
1980 – ? · Don Jones · Assistant Scout Leader
1980 – 1982 · Peter J. L. Sparkes · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – 1985 · Kerrie M. Latham · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1984 · Andrew Cope · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – 1985 · Douglas S. Reed · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1985 · Sidney A. Brown · Group Leader
1985 – ? · Christopher J. McGlinn · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Ian Harmsworth · Scout Leader
1985 – 1985 · David C. Anderson · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1985 · Ian N. Harmsworth · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1986 · Peter Corkish · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1995 · John Franklin · Group Leader
1987 – ? · Edward O. Booth · Assistant Scout Leader
1987 – 1990 · Stephen J. Mccarthy · Assistant Cub Leader
1987 – 1997 · Ian J. Gregory · Assistant Scout Leader
1987 – 1999 · Maxwell Wood · Venturer Leader
1988 – 1993 · Anthony Mowbray · Assistant Cub Leader
1989 – 1992 · Philip Crutchley · Assistant Cub Leader
1990 – ? · Graham Denney · Crew Leader
1990 – 1993 · Adriana Van Bockel · Assistant Scout Leader
1990 – 1999 · Alan Pauza · Assistant Venturer Leader
1992 – 1993 · Rachel Vernumn · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Hermina Brown · Assistant Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Simonette Bunder · Joey Scout Leader
1993 – ? · Anthony Mowbray · Cub Leader
1993 – ? · Darryl Halpin · Rover Leader
1993 – ? · Phil Fogg · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – ? · Kirsty Franklin · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Graham Denney · Assistant Venturer Leader
1994 – 1996 · Karen Knobel · Cub Leader
1994 – 1996 · Robert Pederson · Assistant Cub Leader
1995 – 1998 · Bruce Treganowan · Assistant Cub Leader
1995 – 2001 · Thomas Soper · Assistant Cub Leader
1996 – 1999 · Robert Pederson · Cub Leader
1996 – 2004 · Alexandra Mccarthy · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – ? · Melanie Swire · Assistant Scout Leader
1998 – 2000 · Peter J. Smith · Assistant Cub Leader
1999 – 2001 · Mark Lackenby · Assistant Venturer Leader
1999 – 2001 · Maxwell Wood · Assistant Venturer Leader
1999 – 2002 · Alan Deck · Group Leader
1999 – 2002 · Alan Pauza · Venturer Leader
2000 – ? · Murray Baker · Scout Leader
2000 – 2001 · Peter Graham · Assistant Cub Leader
2001 – 2004 · Peter Graham · Cub Leader
2002 – 2004 · Robert Hinch · Associate Leader
2002 – 2006 · Paul Theodossiadis · Associate Leader
2004 – 2009 · Alexandra Mccarthy · Cub Leader
2004 – 2009 · Phillip Nichols · Scout Leader
2005 – 2006 · Clifford Upton · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2006 · Gwenda Upton · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2009 · Darryl Halpin · Group Leader
2006 – ? · Caroline Hudson · Associate Leader
2006 – ? · Donna Perusco · Associate Leader
2006 – ? · Gary Hudson · Assistant Cub Leader
2006 – ? · Joy Lee · Associate Leader
2006 – 2008 · Kate Megee · Associate Leader
2006 – 2009 · Gregory Powell · Assistant Scout Leader
2006 – 2009 · Rodney Cummins · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
2007 – ? · Anna Watts · Associate Leader
2007 – ? · Ronald Watt · Associate Leader
2007 – 2009 · Leanne Cummins · Joey Scout Leader
2007 – 2009 · Mark Woodward · Associate Leader
2008 – ? · Robert Atkinson · Associate Leader
2008 – ? · Robert Ryan · Associate Leader
2008 – 2015 · Brett Powley · Cub Leader
2009 – ? · Alexandra Mccarthy · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Darryl Halpin · Assistant Group Leader
2009 – ? · Gregory Powell · Scout Leader
2009 – ? · Leanne Cummins · Joey Scout Leader
2009 – ? · Mark Woodward · Assistant Cub Leader
2009 – ? · Phillip Nichols · Venturer Leader
2009 – 2009 · Leanne Cummins · Associate Leader
2009 – 2009 · Phillip Nichols · Assistant Scout Leader
2009 – 2010 · Kenneth W. Mills · Assistant Scout Leader
2009 – 2024 · Rodney Cummins · Scout Leader
2010 – ? · Elizabeth Strumfin · Trainee Leader (Cub Scout)
2010 – ? · Kenneth W. Mills · Assistant Venturer Leader
2010 – ? · Scott Todd · Associate Leader
2014 – 2019 · Raymond Fitch · Assistant Cub Leader
2014 – 2024 · Yvonne Savage · Cub Leader
2015 – 2021 · Brett Powley · Assistant Scout Leader
2019 – 2024 · Mary-Jane Craig · Joey Scout Leader
2019 – 2024 · Raymond Fitch · Assistant Scout Leader
2019 – 2025 · Michael Murphy · Assistant Venturer Leader
2021 – 2024 · Brett Powley · Scout Leader
2022 – 2025 · Donald Finnegan · Trainee Leader (Venturer)
2024 – ? · Brett Powley · Assistant Venturer Leader
2024 – ? · Haylee Craig · Joey Scout Leader
2024 – ? · Jessica Kelly · Assistant Scout Leader
2024 – ? · Leah Phillips · Cub Leader
2024 – ? · Mary-Jane Craig · Assistant Cub Leader
2024 – ? · Raymond Fitch · Scout Leader
2024 – ? · Rodney Cummins · Venturer Leader
2024 – ? · Yvonne Savage · Leader in Charge
2024 – 2025 · Aiden Fitch · Assistant Venturer Leader
2024 – 2026 · Jayden Sullivan · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
2025 – ? · Cassandra Newman · Assistant Scout Leader
2025 – ? · Grace Cummins · Trainee Youth Program Leader
Awards
Joey Scout Challenge Award
2007 · Caitlin Turner
2008 · Grace Cummins, Julien Hill, Liam Powley
2010 · Kai Buckman, Jack Bullivant, Darcy Cullen, Luke Hince, Trey Warburton, Miranda Weston
2019 · Jayden Savage
2020 · Clara Craig
2021 · Naamah Alony, Bella Lavery, Sarah Macdonald, Mia Peirce
2022 · Elise Craig, Hugh Craig, Sontine Hackett
2023 · Liara Phillips, Isis Indigo Sundet Ellingsen
2024 · Charlotte Craig, Iris Field
2025 · Sebastian Plumb
Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award
2006 · Tanita Gordon, Chelsea Owensby
2007 · Emily Omerovic
2008 · Philip Chevis, Kate Powell
2010 · Caitlin Turner
2011 · Lachlan Bullivant, Tara Cullen, Grace Cummins, Liam Powley
2012 · Jack Bullivant, Darcy Cullen
2014 · Peter Meakin
2015 · Angus Forbes, Annika Leeuwerk, Zohar Livermore, Ashley Monteleone, Cameron Thomas
2016 · Adam Savage, Georgina Tomka
2017 · Kayla Childs, Emma Huang
2018 · Mitchell Hood, Rafael Rutherford, Glyn Savage, Alistair Swinbourne, Jack Teteris, Jesse Tulloch
2019 · Finn Richardson
2020 · Tristan Swinbourne
2021 · Yahlie Alony, Lily Lavery, Zali Peirce
2023 · Tayah Anderson, Clara Craig, Mia Peirce, Jayden Savage
2024 · Rhiley Anderson, Matthew Ferguson, Sarah Macdonald
2025 · Aurora McEvedy
Australian Scout Award
2008 · Benjamin Nichols
2009 · Hugh Powell
2010 · Taran Brassington
2012 · Meg Cummins
2014 · Isabella Todd, Reilly Todd
2015 · Connor Bellhouse, Grace Cummins
2016 · Mya Dellow
2018 · Darcy Cullen, Annika Oakley
2020 · Adam Savage
2022 · Glyn Savage
Kings/Queens Scouts
1963 · Hal Cardew, Geoffrey Tattam
1970 · Garry Hood
1971 · Justin Geddes, Graham Loughlin, Ronald Loughlin
1972 · Gary Nelson, Leslie Percival
1973 · Ian Dunwoodie
1980 · Kerrie Latham, Alison Stanton
1989 · Darryl Halpin
1990 · Mark Abelas, Jeffrey Field
1993 · Matthew Lynch, Mark Wasley
1994 · Haralabos Abelas, Alexandra McCarthy
1995 · Robert Booth, Marcus Loane
1996 · Andrew Clark, Jesse Kater, Mark Lackenby, Melanie Swire
1997 · Timothy Booth, Edward Loane
1998 · David Craig
1999 · Andrew Craig
2015 · Meg Cummins
2018 · Lachlan Bullivant, Grace Cummins
2020 · Jack Bullivant, Darcy Cullen, Annika Oakley, Amy Snowdon
2023 · Callum Belgrove, Adam Savage
2024 · Alexander Dawson
Baden Powell Award
1973 · Rodney Moore
Silver Wattle
2026 · Rodney Cummins, Yvonne Savage
Meritorious Service Award
2018 · Rodney Cummins
2019 · Fiona Bullivant
2020 · Brett Powley, Mark Woodard, Ray Fitch, Yvonne Savage
2024 · Mark Eckermann
2026 · Mary-Jane Craig
Special Service Award
2017 · Brett Powley
2018 · Holly Zhu, Michael Ryan, Ray Fitch, Tracy Childs, Yvonne Savage
2020 · Mark Eckermann, Rowena Morris, Sharon Sackett, Simone Archibald, Solomon Buckman
2021 · Andrew Richardson, Melissa Lavery
2022 · Mary-Jane Craig
2023 · Michael Jones
2024 · Jayden Sullivan
2025 · Haylee Craig, Leah Phillips
Bar to Medal of Merit
1997 · Ronald Lindoy
Certificate for Good Services
1967 · Shirley Lindoy
1980 · Heather Davies
Certificate of Merit
1998 · Maxwell Wood
2014 · Rodney Cummins, Mark Woodard
Thanks Badge
1979 · John Latham
1989 · Kenneth McCarthy, Mary McCarthy
1992 · Beth Field, James Field
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