1st Lake Heights
Status: Closed
Registered: 13/11/1945
Closed: 09/01/1995
Hall: 36 Grandview Parade, Lake Heights
Scarf: Maroon base with ½ in grey border
History
South Coast Annual Report 1946 said Pack started 23/10/1945 with 11 Cubs/2 Leaders and Troop started 18/9/1945 with 11 Scouts/1 Leader. Troop registered 15/11/1945, Pack 23/11/1945 met at Lake Heights Progress Hall, Grandview Pde with R Wells as SM, John Williamson ASM 1945-47, Robert Spence ACM (to 1947), James Kelly CM (to 1946).
In 1951/52 Cub R. Moon awarded Gilt Cross for Bravery for rescuing a small boy from drowning.
Troop closed as reopened early 1953.
South Coast Annual report 1959 said land acquired and building being planned, 1961 report said land building started, 1962 & 63 reports said construction of hall progressing “slowly but surely” and 1965 report said officially opened May 1965 and was fine building reconstructed from an old house on edge of park overlooking lake.
Had 11 Cubs/11 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1946, 3 Cubs/5 Scouts/1 Leader in 1947, 8 Scouts/1 Leader in 1948, 9 Cubs/1 Leader in 1949, 3 Cubs/9 Scouts/1 Leader in 1950, 8 Cubs/6 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1951, 12 Cubs/3 Leaders in 1952, 14 Cubs/7 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1953, 17 Cubs/7 Scouts/1 Leader in 1954 & 55, 22 Cubs/9 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1956, 26 Cubs/7 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1957, 24 Cubs/13 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1958, 17 Cubs/21 Scouts/3 Seniors in 1959, 20 Cubs/29 Scouts in 1961, 44 members in 1960, 54 in 1961, 50 in 1962, 37 in 1963, 47 in 1964, 51 in 1965, 51 in 1966, 52 in 1967, 42 in 1968, 57 in 1969, 62 in 1970, 71 in 1971, 62 in 1972, 43 in 1973, 24/3 in 1989, 26/5 in 1990, 19 Cubs/14 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1991, 12 Cubs/10 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1992.
Rover Crew registered 30/7/1970 with R Chick as RSL. Venturer Unit registered 30/9/1987 with Paul Borowski as VL /deregistered August 1994. Pack/Troop/Group deregistered 9/1/1995.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Angus Campbell · Scout Leader
? – ? · Anthony J. Cole · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · David J. Milnes · Cub Leader
? – ? · Gloria M. Day · Non Warranted Rank (A.)
? – ? · Robert D. Simon · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1953 · Peter L. Rieck · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1968 · Norman A. Heylin · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1970 · James E. Sayers · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1981 · Joe Mallia
? – 1983 · Laila P. Bernardi · Cub Leader
? – 1984 · Robert T. Green · Cub Leader
? – 1992 · Christopher Sheen · Assistant Cub Leader
1940 – 1970 · John D. Knight · Assistant Scout Master
1945 – ? · Ray Wells · Scout Master
1945 – 1946 · James Kelly · Cub Master
1945 – 1947 · John Williamson · Assistant Scout Master
1945 – 1947 · Robert Spence · Assistant Cub Leader
1950 – 1952 · June Hall · Cub Master
1952 – ? · Yvonne M. Massey · Cub Master
1955 – ? · A. W. Mawbey · Group Scout Master
1955 – ? · Peter Reick · Assistant Scout Master
1957 – 1958 · Bernadette Visscher · Assistant Cub Master
1958 – ? · J. E. Hicks · Scout Master
1958 – 1960 · J. O. Andrews · Group Scout Master
1958 – 1960 · Raymond J. Knowles · Assistant Scout Master
1960 – ? · K. Sayers · Assistant Cub Leader
1960 – 1961 · Raymond J. Knowles · Scout Master
1960 – 1962 · T. Dillon · Group Scout Master
1962 – 1964 · Kenneth Hextell · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1967 · Reginald A. E. Whitton · Group Scout Master
1964 – 1973 · Kenneth Hextell · Scout Master
1965 – ? · A. M. Diependaal · Assistant Cub Leader
1965 – 1965 · Maxwell E. Massey · Assistant Scout Master
1965 – 1966 · Alida M. (nee DIEPENDAAL) Brokken · Assistant Cub Leader
1966 – ? · Jenny Hextell · Assistant Cub Leader
1966 – ? · Jill R. Donnan · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – 1967 · R. O'Toole · Assistant Cub Leader
1967 – 1967 · Rupert J. Dean · Group Scout Master
1968 – ? · R. M. Young · Assistant Cub Leader
1968 – 1969 · Arthur R. Murray · Group Scout Master
1968 – 1970 · Elizabeth A. Kerr · Assistant Cub Master
1968 – 1970 · Ronald E. Chick · Senior Scout Leader
1968 – 1971 · Robyn M. Fischer · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – 1969 · John R. Baker · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – ? · K. J. Knight · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1971 · John D. Knight · Senior Scout Leader
1970 – 1975 · Ronald E. Chick · Rover Scout Leader
1972 – 1973 · Rhonda F. Chick · Assistant Cub Master
1973 – 1973 · Kenneth Hextell · Group Scout Leader
1973 – 1975 · Derek M. Gibson · Scout Leader
1973 – 1975 · Paul J. Jankowiak · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – 1976 · James E. Sayers · Cub Leader
1975 – 1975 · James G. Irish · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – 1976 · James G. Irish · Scout Leader
1975 – 1977 · Ronald E. Chick · Group Leader
1980 – 1980 · Patricia A. Lawler · V. A. F.
1980 – 1983 · William T. Lawler · Group Leader
1981 – 1983 · Peter B. Laughton · Scout Leader
1981 – 1984 · Mellanie Rodriguez · Assistant Cub Leader
1981 – 1984 · Peter J. Day · Scout Leader
1982 – ? · Jennifer M. Duggan · Assistant Venturer Leader
1982 – 1983 · Stanley Ansell · Assistant Venturer Leader
1983 – ? · Raymond Tomlinson
1983 – ? · Robert T. Green · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1984 · Lorraine S. Norton · Assistant Cub Leader
1984 – 1992 · Waveney M. (nee LOUGHLIN) Hextell · Cub Leader
1985 – ? · Richard Jerez · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – 1988 · Allan Murray · Scout Leader
1985 – 1989 · Stephen C. Dent · Assistant Scout Leader
1986 – ? · Rodney Cooley · Scout Leader
1986 – 1986 · Paul Borowski · Assistant Scout Leader
1986 – 1987 · Paul Borowski · Venturer Leader
1989 – ? · Mark Dilevski · Cub Instructor
1989 – ? · Steven Juarex · Cub Instructor
1989 – 1992 · Edwin Baird · Scout Leader
1992 – 1992 · Waveney M. (nee LOUGHLIN) Hextell · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1995 · Christopher Sheen · Cub Leader
1992 – 1995 · Waveney M. (nee LOUGHLIN) Hextell · Group Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
1961 · Kenneth Hextell
1969 · David Chick, James Sayers
1970 · Peter Lucas
1971 · Robert Miller
1972 · Claudio Guala
Bar to Medal of Merit
1995 · Waveney Hextell
Medal of Merit
1990 · Waveney Hextell
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