1st Kiama
Status: Still operating
Registered: 22/12/1926
Hall: Wharf Rd, Kiama
Scarf: Black base ½ in red border
History
Existed 1918 and met at Drill Hall when 1st 6 boys invested. District Annual report 1925 said application in hand to form Troop. Troop registered 12/6/1926 with Ray Walker SM (SM 1926-31/ GSM 1931-38, DC 1950) / Pack started 26/6/1926. Group registered 22/12/1926. Pack restarted 10/4/1931 with Mrs R Walker LCM (wife of SM), 1st LCM in district & still LCM in 1943. Crew registered 30/1/1936 and met at Oddfellows hall. Troop rejuvenated/ G Little in charge in 1940.
Had 18 Cubs/30 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1933, 11 Cubs/18 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1936, 17 Cubs/14 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1937, 16 Cubs/13 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1938, 12 Cubs/25 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1939, 23 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1940, 14 Cubs/25 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1941, 19 Cubs/13 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1942, 18 Cubs/17 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1943, 15 Cubs/17 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1944, 22 Cubs/16 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1946, 28 Cubs/18 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1947, 22 Cubs/10 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1948, 22 Cubs/15 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1949, 24 Cubs/12 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1950, 15 Cubs/10 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1951, 21 Cubs/19 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1952, 32 Cubs/18 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1953, 34 Cubs/18 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1954 & 55, 41 Cubs/35 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1956, 38 Cubs/22 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1957, 18 Cubs/18 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1958, 51 members in 1960, 42 in 1961, 60 in 1962, 71 in 1963, 61 in 1964, 63 in 1965, 61 in 1966, 38 in 1967, 51 in 1968, 66 in 1969, 79 in 1970, 63 in 1971, 43 in 1972, 52 in 1973, 16 Cubs/9 Scouts/6 Venturers/11 Leaders in 1987, 54 Youth/8 Leaders in 1989, 56 Youth/12 Leaders in 1990, 19 Cubs/10 Scouts/14 Venturers/8 Leaders in 1991, 10 Joeys/21 Cubs/13 Scouts/2 Venturers/9 Leaders in 1992.
Won Pax Flag Competition 1934 & 1949 (2nd in 1943 & 44, 3rd in 1932), 2nd at HR Lee Flag competition in 1948, 3rd in 1931, 1936, 1953, 1963, 1st in 1932-35.
Kiama Independent (KI)13/4/1949 report on AGM said “ It was a bad year for the Scouts as they had nowhere to hold meetings until recently. The Scoutmaster did a marvellous job in keeping the Troop and Pack together. Mr W Warnock is also to be thanked for allowing the Scouts gear to be stored in his shed” Also at the beginning of the year we faced great difficulty owing to having to leave the Oddfellows Hall basement and the Scouts now have to depend on the Church of England for a club room” (meeting in Sunday School room).
During WW2 run for 2 years by Troop Leader Cobber O’Brien when leaders joined up. He returned to Scouts in 1968 and later had District/Area roles. Troop/Pack (15 Cubs/17 Scouts) deregistered 1944/45. Pack/Troop restarted 22/2/1946 with 22 Cubs/3 Leaders, 16 Scouts/3 Leaders.
In August 1952 plans for hall about to be lodged with Council and if approved work was to begin within few weeks, Rotary had offered to assist, had 21 Cubs, 29 Scouts. Hall finished in 1953. In 1957 were planning to extend hall to cater for use by Girl Guides. In 1990 Group negotiating with Kiama Council re relocating hall from harbour car park to school flat west of harbour. Council wanted to demolish hall and turn site into a car park and move the Scouts to a new site but Council lacked funds and public against the idea, so the proposal abandoned and the hall renovated in 1992.
Seniors registered March 1962. In 1972-73 built 6 canoes and in May 1973 18 Scouts/2 adults paddled down part of Murray River. In 1979 newsletter was “Camp Signals”. In 1980 62 from group went to Fiji and had afternoon tea at Government House with Governor General of Fiji. On 28/1/1981 Pack / 2nd Kiama Pack/Group deregistered /Barrenjoey & Woomera Packs registered and 29 July 1981 Troop deregistered Mingari & Warru Troops registered. Joey Mob registered June 1991 (was combined with 1st Minnamuura 10 Joeys/3 Leaders) and was deregistered April 1998
Previous leaders
? – ? · Alan R. Knoke · Cub Instructor
? – ? · F. L. Pearce · Scout Master
? – ? · Geoffrey N. Swaine · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Guy A. Wray · Group Leader
? – ? · Ian W. Carlisle · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Joan Buckley · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Keith W. Tidmarsh · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Leslie C. T. Garland · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Margaret S. McCullagh · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Michael J. Frew · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Michael J. Isherwood · Group Leader
? – ? · Philip E. Greenway · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Rodney W. Boyce · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Stanley S. Wiggins · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1965 · Sydney Waren · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1980 · Raymond Wills · Scout Leader
? – 1990 · Alan David · Scout Leader
? – 1991 · Greg Clough · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
? – 1993 · David Pearce · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1995 · Arnold Perrin · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1995 · Glenn Lemcke · Group Leader
? – 1997 · Anthony Grainger · Scout Leader
? – 2004 · Wayne Timms · Assistant Cub Leader
1926 – 1931 · Raymond Walker · Scout Master
1928 – 1930 · Thomas Tribe · Assistant Scout Master
1931 – ? · R. (Mrs) Walker · Lady Cub Master
1931 – 1943 · M. Walker · Cub Master
1931 – 1947 · Raymond Walker · Group Scout Master
1936 – ? · Gwen Tidmarsh · Assistant Cub Leader
1936 – 1937 · Edward Davids · Assistant Scout Master
1936 – 1937 · Kevin Aitcheson · Scout Master
1937 – ? · K. G. Tindmarsh · Assistant Cub Leader
1937 – ? · S. B. Druce · Assistant Cub Leader
1937 – 1940 · Esme Campbell · Assistant Cub Leader
1940 – ? · Bessie Weir · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1940 – 1946 · George R. Little · Assistant Scout Master
1940 – 1947 · Hazel Weir · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1941 – 1945 · Eva Scherf · Lady Cub Master
1942 – 1944 · Ernest King · Group Scout Master
1946 – ? · D. Little · Assistant Cub Leader
1946 – 1946 · E. C. Walton · Scout Master
1946 – 1947 · Doreen Inskip · Assistant Cub Master
1946 – 1948 · Edward Thatcher · Group Scout Master
1946 – 1948 · Margaret Scherf · Assistant Cub Leader
1946 – 1948 · Nathalie Hillman · Assistant Cub Leader
1946 – 1954 · George R. Little · Scout Master
1947 – 1975 · Doreen Inskip · Cub Master
1948 – ? · J. H. Scherf · Group Scout Master
1948 – ? · N. Burton · Assistant Scout Master
1951 – 1952 · D. Saunders · Assistant Cub Leader
1951 – 1953 · P. Robinson · Assistant Cub Leader
1951 – 1953 · S. W. Saunders · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – 1954 · Ray McKellar · Group Scout Master
1955 – 1960 · T. A. Mitchell · Group Scout Master
1958 – 1961 · L. G. Lambert · Scout Master
1961 – 1962 · John L. Porritt · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – 1963 · L. A. King · Scout Master
1961 – 1966 · Joseph O. Warner · Group Scout Master
1962 – 1965 · John L. Porritt · Senior Scout Leader
1963 – 1966 · K. R. Pohl · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1966 · Kenneth R. Poll · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1967 · A. Dick · Assistant Cub Leader
1965 – 1966 · David R. Warner · Assistant Scout Master
1965 – 1966 · John L. Porritt · Scout Master
1965 – 1966 · Neil L. Adams · Senior Scout Leader
1965 – 1968 · Alfred Waters · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1968 – 1970 · Joy F. Hoare · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – ? · Bruce H. Tidmarsh · Senior Scout Leader
1969 – ? · Christine D. (nee BIRTLES) Dawson · Cub Instructor
1969 – 1970 · James W. Meldrum · Group Scout Master
1969 – 1973 · Leslie E. Hart · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1976 · Keith H. (Cobber) O'Brien · Scout Master
1970 – 1972 · Douglas G. Warnock · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1970 – 1972 · Frederick K. Beckhaus · Assistant Scout Master
1972 – ? · Robert J. Pritchard · Assistant Scout Master
1972 – 1976 · David G. (Rev) Sackett · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – ? · Raylene A. Holz · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1976 · John D. Birtles · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1978 · Christine D. (nee BIRTLES) Dawson · Cub Leader
1975 – 1978 · Kevin H. Dawson · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1979 · Dennis P. McCullagh · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – ? · Gay C. Clements · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – 1978 · John D. Birtles · Group Leader
1978 – 1987 · Gay (nee CLEMENTS) Deen · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – 1998 · Christine D. (nee BIRTLES) Dawson · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – 1999 · Kevin H. Dawson · Cub Leader
1979 – 1981 · Cynthia Walton · Cub Leader
1980 – ? · Anthony T. Mitchell · Assistant Scout Leader
1980 – ? · Peter Marczan · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – 1980 · Martin L. Cook · Assistant Scout Leader
1980 – 1982 · Bruce D. McCullagh · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – 1984 · Martin L. Cook · Scout Leader
1980 – 1986 · Raymond O. Pearson · Assistant Cub Leader
1981 – ? · Alan Davis · Scout Leader
1981 – ? · Boyne C. Carter · Assistant Scout Leader
1981 – ? · Marin Cook · Scout Leader
1981 – 1981 · Keith R. Mason · Group Leader
1981 – 1983 · Wouter M. C. Boerlage · Assistant Scout Leader
1981 – 1990 · Barry D. Fleming · Group Leader
1982 – 1983 · Ronald J. Clarke · Assistant Cub Leader
1982 – 1984 · Raymond Wills · Assistant Scout Leader
1984 – 1985 · Raymond Wills · Scout Leader
1985 – 1990 · Donald Cottee · Group Leader
1986 – ? · Davis Cottee · Group Leader
1986 – 1987 · Brett L. King · Assistant Scout Leader
1987 – 1989 · Gay (nee CLEMENTS) Deen · Cub Leader
1987 – 1991 · Brett L. King · Scout Leader
1987 – 1993 · Alan M. Hawkes · Assistant Venturer Leader
1987 – 1993 · Craig C. McCullagh · Assistant Scout Leader
1989 – ? · Raymond O. Pearson · Assistant Cub Leader
1990 – ? · Philip McGuire · Provisional Leader (Venturers)
1990 – 1992 · Ann Sudmalis · Venturer Leader
1991 – 1994 · Brett L. King · Assistant Venturer Leader
1992 – 1993 · Ann Sudmalis · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1992 – 1998 · Elizabeth Lemcke · Joey Scout Leader
1993 – 1993 · David Pearce · Assistant Scout Leader
1993 – 1995 · Ann Sudmalis · Venturer Leader
1993 – 1995 · Roderick Cunich · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1995 · Barry Hunt · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1995 · William McCarroll · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1995 – ? · Glenn Lemcke · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1995 – 1997 · Roderick Cunich · Group Leader
1996 – 2002 · Glenn Lemcke · Venturer Leader
1997 – 1999 · Leonie Dewhurst · Assistant Scout Leader
1997 – 1999 · Philip Ryan · Assistant Cub Leader
1998 – 1999 · Phillip Smith · Scout Leader
1998 – 2000 · Ross Douglas · Assistant Cub Leader
1998 – 2006 · Christine D. (nee BIRTLES) Dawson · Assistant Venturer Leader
1999 – ? · Scott Beazley
1999 – 2003 · Lynette Sainsbury · Assistant Venturer Leader
1999 – 2003 · Susan Timms · Assistant Cub Leader
1999 – 2006 · Kevin H. Dawson · Group Leader
2000 – 2001 · Donal Pickles · Assistant Cub Leader
2000 – 2005 · Ross Douglas · Cub Leader
2002 – 2002 · Simon Donnachy · Scout Leader
2003 – 2003 · John Bentley · Assistant Venturer Leader
2004 – ? · Mitchell Anderson · Assistant Cub Leader
2004 – ? · Paul McLeod · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – ? · Colin Booth · Scout Leader
2005 – ? · Ross Douglas · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2005 · Stephen Warwick · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2008 · Stephen Warwick · Cub Leader
2006 – 2009 · Kevin H. Dawson · Group Advisor
2007 – 2009 · Amber Jenkins · Associate Leader
2008 – ? · Martin Taylor · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Amber Jenkins · Cub Leader
2009 – ? · Deborah Gibson · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Peter Burgoyne · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Phillip Burgess · Associate Leader
2019 – Current · Deborah Gibson · Venturer Leader
2024 – ? · Jen Hines · Assistant Scout Leader
2025 – ? · Nicole Murray · Provisional Leader (Group)
2025 – ? · Steve Roso · Trainee Youth Program Leader
2025 – Current · Deborah Gibson · Provisional Leader (Group)
2026 – ? · Ben King · Assistant Venturer Leader
2026 – ? · Leonie Glaessner · Assistant Cub Leader
2026 – ? · Lewis Browne · Trainee Youth Program Leader
Awards
Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award
2006 · Aden McLeod
2010 · Liam Brown
2011 · Samuel Gibson
2012 · Anne Alards, Hayden Mifsud
2014 · Monique Potter
2018 · William Jenkins
2019 · Phoebe Glaessner, Henry Smith
2020 · Olivia Glaessner, Digby Griffiths
2021 · Lincoln Hatfield, Kieran Mahar, Lexi Smith
2023 · Aston Heseltine, Sam Hines, Oscar Maher, Mason Stephens
2024 · Reuben Frost, Lachlan McKenzie, Leonardo Murray
2025 · Cody Calladine
Australian Scout Award
2010 · Ryan Bates
2011 · Natalie Irawan
2013 · Troy Bartrim, Nathan Jenkins
2014 · Liam Brown
2016 · Samuel Gibson
2021 · Dashiell King
2022 · Inah Gould
2023 · Phoebe Glaessner
2024 · Arlen King
2025 · Lexi Smith
2026 · Megan Smith
Kings/Queens Scouts
1934 · Alan Holden
1969 · Glenn Lemcke
1974 · Gary Boyce, Michael Flanagan, Peter Swan, Andrew Walton
1993 · John Roser, Peter Smylie
1995 · Paulette Smylie
1996 · Michael Dawson
1998 · Christopher Baines, Andrew Carter, Philip Dewhurst, Joshua Williams
2000 · Peter Dawson
2002 · Rebecca Carter, Matthew Lemcke, Boyd Wilkinson
2004 · Daniel Thomas
2012 · Lisa Goodall
2013 · Ryan Bates, Timothy Booth, Kate Sligar
2015 · Ashley Bartrim
2017 · Troy Bartrim, Liam Brown, Nathan Jenkins
2018 · Samuel Gibson
Silver Kangaroo
2018 · Gregory Crofts
Meritorious Service Award
2019 · Amber Jenkins
Special Service Award
2017 · Linda Bartrim
2018 · Deborah Gibson
2019 · Dorothy Vaughan
2024 · Nicole Murray
Medal of Merit
1989 · Gay Deen
1994 · Christine Dawson, Kevin Dawson
1997 · Anthony Grainger
Certificate for Good Services
1972 · Doreen Inskip
1980 · Ray Wills
Certificate of Merit
1989 · Christine Dawson, Kevin Dawson
1998 · Glann Kalsow
Thanks Badge
1953 · T. Mitchell
1978 · M. Regan
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