1st Nowra
Status: Closed
Registered: 01/12/1921
Closed: 2019?
Hall: 58 Bridge Rd Nowra Cnr Shoalhaven and Jervis Streets, Nowra
Scarf: Sky blue base with 1/2 in gold border
History
Group registered 1/12/1921 (Troop possibly earlier as mentioned as existing 1920/21 in 1933 warrant application in 5th Dulwich Hill box at MC). May have closed / reopened in 1925 as held 50th birthday celebrations in November 1975 and listed as newly formed in Sunday Times 30/8/1925. 1925 District Annual report said application in hand for Troop at Nowra and 1926 report said first visited by Commissioner on 29/8/1925 with Rev L Mills as SM /Rev Terry CM. Report in South Coast Scouting Nov 1975 of 50th birthday celebrations said whilst officially formed in 1925 was evidence that were Scouts at opening of bridge over river in 1910 and Ned Bates a cub in 1915 was at celebration. First Group in District and originally met in parish hall. Later met in building that had been used by Dairy Cooperative. Group Committee formed 2/10/1930. “B” Troop formed April 1932 with ASM E Hewlett (AAR). First Rover Leader Frank Stener went to 1929 World Jamboree in UK and did Rover Wood Badge at Gilwell while in UK. Rover Crew reopened 16/12/1933 with W Stoner as RSL. Nowra Leader 4/3/1932 said Troop to be represented at official opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Celebrated 75th birthday Nov 1996. W Stoner became RSL in 1934 at time Crew applied for registration. Had Cubs, Scout, Rovers in 1935. Had Rovers in 1941 / Crew reregistered May 1971 with W Farrell RSL.
Had 20 Cubs/36 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1933, 30 Cubs/25 Scouts/8 Rovers/4 Leaders in 1936, 27 Cubs/16 Scouts/8 Rovers/5 Leaders in 1937, 22 Cubs/17 Scouts/6 Rovers/8 Leaders in 1938, 23 Cubs/28 Scouts/12 Rovers/3 Leaders in 1939, 28 Cubs/31 Scouts/9 Leaders in 1940, 22 Cubs/23 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1941, 21 Cubs/26 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1942, 16 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1943, 24 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1944, 17 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1945, 28 Cubs/20 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1946, 30 Cubs/14 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1947, 30 Cubs/19 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1948, 30 Cubs/33 Scouts/8 Leaders in 1949, 38 Cubs/41 Scouts/7 Leaders in 1950, 30 Cubs/32 Scouts/12 Seniors/7 Leaders in 1951, 39 Cubs/22 Scouts/8 Leaders in 1952, 36 Cubs/31 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1953, 47 Cubs/ 36 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1954, 44 Cubs/30 Scouts/8 Seniors/4 Leaders in 1955, 36 Cubs/22 Scouts/2 Seniors/3 Leaders in 1956, 28 Cubs/18 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1957, 24 Cubs/9 Scouts/5 Seniors/5 Leaders in 1958, 50 members in 1960, 51 in 1961, 73 in 1962, 69 in 1963, 102 in 1964, 94 in 1965, 86 in 1966, 68 in 1967, 101 in 1968, 114 in 1969, 98 in 1970, 76 in 1971, 85 in 1972, 86 in 1973, 7 Cubs/8 Scouts/2 Venturers/3 Leaders in 1987, 49 Youth/7 Leaders in 1989, 25 Youth/5 Leaders in 1990, 16 Cubs/5 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1991, 15 Cubs/8 Scouts/7 Leaders in 1992.
7 Cubs, 6 Scouts and 3 Leaders went to Bradfield Jamboree 1938-39. Cub Pack closed 1943 as leaders enlisted /restarted 19/3/1946 with 28 Cubs/2 Leaders.
Area Annual report 1940 said hall built on corner of 10-acre site dedicated by Government as Boy Scout camping ground and another lot of land owned by group in Nowra sold and funds used to buy office building which was dismantled, redesigned and re-erected on new site with official opening 8/6/1940 by Col J Maughan Chief Commissioner. Shoalhaven News 23/11/1938 said Cubs “Log Cabin” opened on 5-acre site given by Council, building it had taken 4 months, across creek Scouts had “pinched“ extra area and 10 Scouts under Rev Begbie were to go to Jamboree and Rotary donated tent. In 1946 group colour grey. Came 2nd at HR Lee competition in 1951, 1953 and 1962, won it in 1952, 3rd at Pax Flag cub competition in 1940. Senior Troop registered February 1962. In 1967 Senior Neil Rice went to 12th World Jamboree in Idaho USA.
In 1978 1st East Nowra amalgamated with 1st Nowra. In 1990 Cub Shannon Moon awarded Medal for Meritorious Conduct for rescuing from drowning a boy in motel pool at Liverpool. Venturer Unit deregistered August 1994. Joey Mob registered December 1992 with Donna Preddy JL / deregistered June 1995. South Coast Region Annual Report 2019 said had 10 Cubs but no Scouts as leader had moved away. Possibly closed late 2019 as no leaders listed after then.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Andrew Pearson · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Anne E. (nee MUNRO) Jacques · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Bill J. Watson · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Brenda M. Rennie · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Deirdre Tober · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Janet M. D. Bailey · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Julieann M. Little · Cub Instructor
? – ? · Julieann M. Little · Assistant Cub Master
? – ? · Richard Fisher · Venturer Leader
? – 1932 · C. H. Shepherd · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1937 · C. L. Mansfield · Cub Master
? – 1964 · W. Carroll · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1967 · Ian R. Caesar · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1967 · Russell L. Jones · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
? – 1974 · Richard Fisher · Cub Leader
? – 1979 · BIRD Alan · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1979 · Christine Marsh · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1981 · Michael Hewlett
? – 1982 · Ian G. Rose · Venturer Leader
? – 1983 · R. Underwood
? – 1984 · Paul J. Nichols · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1988 · Arthur Stintman · Reserve Leader
? – 1989 · Ian Gordon · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1989 · Mark Little · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1990 · Robert Beale · Scout Leader
? – 1994 · Harold Lynas · Assistant Cub Leader
1922 – ? · Albert Guyett · Scout Master
1925 – 1930 · L. M. (Rev) Mills · Scout Master
1927 – ? · T. (Rev) Terry
1928 – 1931 · R. P. (Rev) Gee · Cub Master
1928 – 1938 · Ruth Burne · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1930 – ? · R. P. (Rev) Gee · Campers Licence
1930 – 1931 · John McKane · Assistant Scout Master
1931 – 1932 · R. P. (Rev) Gee · Group Scout Master
1931 – 1932 · W. T. H. Shepherd · Assistant Cub Leader
1931 – 1935 · John McKane · Scout Master
1931 – 1938 · E. A. Hewlett · Assistant Scout Master
1932 – 1933 · Reuben King · Group Scout Master
1932 – 1936 · Ray Oke · Assistant Cub Leader
1933 – 1941 · W. Frank Stoner · Rover Leader
1935 – 1937 · Norman (Rev) Fox · Group Scout Master
1936 – 1937 · Ray Oke · Assistant Rover Scout Leader
1936 – 1940 · Claris Mansfield · Cub Master
1937 – 1937 · Anne Langford · Cub Master
1937 – 1939 · Osborne Chamberlin · Assistant Cub Leader
1937 – 1944 · Frank O. Moorehouse · Group Scout Master
1938 – ? · Lindsay Bainbrigge · Assistant Scout Master
1938 – ? · Miss Burn · Assistant Cub Leader
1938 – ? · W. Johnson · Assistant Scout Master
1938 – 1939 · Arthur Armstrong · Assistant Scout Master
1938 – 1939 · John McKane · Cub Master
1938 – 1940 · Dorothy Sparks · Assistant Cub Leader
1938 – 1941 · Alan (Rev) Begbie · Scout Master
1938 – 1942 · Ruth Burne · Lady Cub Master
1939 – ? · John McKane · Assistant Cub Leader
1939 – 1941 · Frank Hearn · Assistant Scout Master
1940 – ? · Vera Burne · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1941 – 1946 · Frank Hearn · Scout Master
1945 – ? · Arthur Waddington · Assistant Scout Master
1946 – 1946 · J. Searl · Cub Master
1946 – 1949 · Leslie Turner · Assistant Cub Leader
1947 – 1950 · Colin Oakes · Assistant Cub Leader
1948 – ? · John Pepper · Assistant Scout Master
1948 – 1949 · George Hollands · Assistant Scout Master
1949 – ? · C. Sutherland · Assistant Scout Master
1949 – 1950 · M. Duckworth · Assistant Cub Leader
1949 – 1951 · Thomas Tait · Group Scout Master
1949 – 1958 · George Hollands · Scout Master
1950 – ? · Robert O'Brien · Assistant Scout Master
1952 – 1959 · Arthur O. Moorhouse · Assistant Cub Master
1958 – ? · I. R. Gould · Assistant Scout Master
1958 – 1963 · Stanley J. Bowles · Group Scout Master
1959 – 1960 · R. S. Gould · Scout Master
1960 – 1961 · Janet Fisher · Cub Master
1960 – 1962 · N. B. Treblecock · Assistant Cub Master
1960 – 1965 · Horace H. Drexel · Scout Master
1962 – ? · D. Evans · Assistant Cub Leader
1962 – ? · E. G. Cross · Assistant Scout Master
1962 – ? · N. B. Trebelcock · Cub Master
1962 – 1963 · William R. Evans · Senior Scout Leader
1963 – 1964 · Evelyn R. King · Assistant Cub Leader
1963 – 1965 · Harold Farmer · Group Scout Master
1963 – 1965 · Stanley J. Bowles · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1966 · Alfred H. Little · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – ? · Kenneth H. Campbell · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – ? · Nola K. Campbell · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – ? · W. Carroll · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1965 · Robert L. Burton · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1966 · John J. Allen · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1967 · John F. Green · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1971 · Evelyn R. King · Cub Master
1965 – ? · R. J. Walsh · Assistant Scout Master
1965 – 1967 · Harold Farmer · Senior Scout Leader
1965 – 1967 · John R. Walsh · Assistant Scout Master
1965 – 1970 · Edward R. Cross · Assistant Scout Master
1965 – 1972 · Horace H. Drexel · Group Scout Master
1966 – ? · John J. Allen · Scout Master
1966 – ? · R. Mottram · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1966 · Ian G. Riley · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1967 · Margaret E. Little · Assistant Cub Master
1966 – 1968 · Robert Mottram · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1973 · Alfred H. Little · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1969 · Bernard Crome · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1971 · Maurice B. King · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – 1971 · William Farrell · Senior Scout Leader
1969 – 1973 · Graeme B. Wong · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1974 · James C. Davy · Scout Master
1969 – 1975 · James Davey · Scout Master
1971 – 1974 · Barry L. Grainger · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1974 · Richard K. Fischer · Senior Scout Leader
1971 – 1974 · Robyn M. Fischer · Cub Master
1971 – 1974 · William Farrell · Rover Scout Leader
1972 – ? · Christine J. Tucker · Cub Instructor
1972 – 1975 · Peter Ruhl · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – ? · Christine J. Tucker · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – ? · David W. Ludlow · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – ? · Robert M. Golden · Assistant Venturer Leader
1973 – 1974 · Yvonne C. Stintman · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1976 · John T. Burgess · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1977 · Armin Stintman · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – 1975 · James C. Davy · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – 1975 · Richard K. Fischer · Assistant Venturer Leader
1974 – 1975 · Steven G. Dixon · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – 1977 · Yvonne C. Stintman · Cub Leader
1975 – ? · Anne Garland · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – ? · David Garland · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – ? · Robyn M. Fischer · Assistant Venturer Leader
1975 – 1977 · Christine M. Western · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1980 · Richard K. Fischer · Venturer Leader
1976 – ? · Armin Stintman · Assistant Scout Leader
1976 – 1979 · James C. Davy · Group Leader
1977 – ? · Christine M. Western · Cub Leader
1977 – ? · Gary J. Kerr · Assistant Rover Scout Leader
1977 – ? · Robyn A. Mundt · Assistant Cub Leader
1977 – 1976 · Armin Stintman · Scout Leader
1977 – 1977 · Gary J. Kerr · Assistant Scout Leader
1978 – ? · Kathleen J. Cain · Cub Leader
1980 – 1983 · Clover P. Sinnamon · Assistant Cub Leader
1981 – ? · Theodore Wynberg · Group Leader
1982 – ? · John Templeton · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – 1983 · James C. Davy · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – ? · Peter A. Ogle · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1984 · Robert Doyle · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – 1985 · Barry J. McCartney · Assistant Venturer Leader
1983 – 1985 · Elizabeth A. Cook · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1985 · James C. Davy · Venturer Leader
1983 – 1986 · James C. Davy · Group Leader
1984 – 1965 · Edward H. Bellgard · Senior Scout Leader
1984 – 1985 · Sandra Geelan · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – ? · Barry J. McCartney · Venturer Leader
1985 – ? · David Reidy · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Wayne Vost
1985 – 1987 · Sandra Geelan · Cub Leader
1986 – ? · David Baird · Assistant Scout Leader
1987 – ? · Lynette (nee MORRIS) Marsh · Assistant Cub Leader
1987 – ? · Patricia A. Byrne · Assistant Cub Leader
1987 – 1989 · Sandra Geelan · Assistant Cub Leader
1988 – 1990 · Anthony Cusack · Scout Leader
1988 – 1990 · Dianne B. Moore · Group Leader
1989 – ? · Craig Hooley · Provisional Leader (Scouts)
1989 – ? · Ian Gordon · Scout Leader
1989 – ? · Peter A. Burge · Provisional Leader (Group)
1989 – 1989 · Ian Gorton · Assistant Cub Leader
1989 – 1989 · Sandra Geelan · Assistant Venturer Leader
1989 – 1990 · Ian Gorton · Assistant Scout Leader
1990 – 1993 · Bernard Smith · Group Leader
1990 – 1994 · James Bieler · Scout Leader
1992 – 1992 · William Kerr · Venturer Leader
1992 – 1993 · Glenn Peddy · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1994 · Donna Peddey · Joey Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Edward Robinson · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1994 · Gayle Ryan · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Graeme Alexander · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1996 · Robert Host · Assistant Scout Leader
1994 – ? · James Bieler · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1995 · Caroline Hewlett · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1995 · Graeme Alexander · Scout Leader
1994 – 1995 · Tracey Shanahan · Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Michael Hewlett · Group Leader
1995 – 1997 · Christopher Lund · Scout Leader
1997 – 1998 · Janette O'Rourke · Assistant Scout Leader
1997 – 1998 · Terence Hill · Group Leader
1998 – 2003 · Paul Dujardin · Scout Leader
1999 – 2000 · Peter Blakeney · Assistant Scout Leader
2005 – ? · Barry Moon · Scout Leader
2005 – ? · Victor Scullin · Assistant Scout Leader
2006 – 2008 · Julie Brown · Assistant Cub Leader
2007 – 2008 · Rodney Foyel · Associate Leader
2008 – ? · Rodney Foyel · Assistant Cub Leader
2009 – ? · Linda King · Associate Leader
2009 – 2009 · Donna Mepham · Associate Leader
Awards
Joey Scout Challenge Award
2009 · Scott Hardy
Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award
2006 · Tyla Fleay, Joshua Moon
2007 · Ethan Cain
2010 · Casey Scullin
2018 · Thomas Frith
Kings/Queens Scouts
1933 · A. Duff, P. Monoghan
1940 · Bruce Guppy
1953 · Alfred Story
1959 · Michael Hewlett
1962 · John Allen
1967 · Neil Rice
1969 · Wayne Shepherd
1971 · Dennis Debenham, Bruce Waters
1973 · Ian Carrat, Michael McKenzie, Robert Tucker
1991 · Barclie Fitzell, Andrew Payne
Bar to Medal of Merit
1996 · Kathleen Cain
1997 · Lynette Marsh
Medal of Merit
1990 · Kathleen Cain
1991 · Lynette Marsh
Certificate for Good Services
1978 · James Davy
Thanks Badge
1930 · P. Ryan
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