1st Oak Flats
Status: Closed
Registered: 01/08/1950
Closed: 31/10/1979
Hall: Central Ave, Oak Flats
Scarf: Navy blue base, ¼ in emerald green border, no gap, ¼ in white stripe
History
Illawarra Daily Mercury 10/4/1950 said new Group formed at public meeting on 5/4/1950, Group Committee formed, Mr Hyde Jnr to be GSM, Miss Dolly Wilson & Mr Mitchell Cub Leaders with 1st Cub meeting to be on 17/4/1950. Formed 1950 /registered 1/8/1950. South Coast list registrations says Pack registered 19/4/1951, Troop 17/4/1952, Unit 26/8/1954. By late 1951 had Scouts as well as Cubs.
Had 9 Cubs/12 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1951, 10 Cubs/12 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1952, 13 Cubs/12 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1953, 21 Cubs/13 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1954 & 55, 30 Cubs/18 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1956, 33 Cubs/23 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1957, 30 Cubs/23 Scouts/2 Seniors/5 Leaders in 1958, 62 members in 1960, 63 in 1961, 79 in 1962, 62 in 1963, 53 in 1964, 44 in 1965, 58 in 1966, 56 in 1967, 66 in 1968, 82 in 1969, 86 in 1970, 57 in 1972, 51 in 1973.
Seniors formed 1954/55 with 5 Scouts. 1959 South Coast AAR said still waiting to finalise purchase of land / had plans ready. Deregistered/ merged with 1st Karoo Bay 31/10/1979 to form Central Oak Flats Group, A & B Packs, Troop, Unit.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Darryl K. Payne · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · David C. Thomas · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Glen C. Breeze · Cub Instructor
? – ? · John A. Spencer · Assistant Scout Master
? – ? · Michael T. Schick · Scout Leader
? – ? · V. S. Morrison
? – ? · Walter Tait · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1958 · P. Sweeney · Cub Master
? – 1960 · E. Perry · Cub Master
? – 1961 · R. A. Armstrong · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1979 · Graham J. Austin · Assistant Scout Leader
1951 – ? · V. M. Wilson · Assistant Cub Leader
1952 – ? · D. Drewitt · Cub Master
1952 – 1954 · Norman W. Cook · Scout Master
1952 – 1959 · Robert T. Wilson · Group Scout Master
1953 – 1955 · A. W. Raper · Assistant Cub Leader
1954 – 1955 · Norman W. Cook · Senior Scout Leader
1955 – 1955 · A. W. Raper · Cub Master
1955 – 1958 · R. A. Graham · Scout Master
1958 – ? · L. Raper · Assistant Cub Leader
1958 – 1959 · F. Hamilton · Scout Master
1959 – ? · A. Wingate · Group Scout Master
1959 – 1960 · I. Corps · Assistant Cub Leader
1959 – 1960 · Joan M. Spencer · Assistant Cub Master
1959 – 1963 · I. Jenkins · Assistant Scout Master
1959 – 1964 · Ronald T. Spencer · Scout Master
1960 – 1961 · M. E. Armstrong · Assistant Cub Leader
1960 – 1968 · Joan M. Spencer · Cub Master
1961 – 1963 · D. Hamilton · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – 1965 · Dorothy Dowd · Assistant Cub Master
1961 – 1967 · Robert T. Wilson · Group Scout Master
1963 – 1964 · Alexander H. McLerie · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1968 · Pearl T. McLerie · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1966 · Ronald T. Spencer · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – 1967 · Alexander H. McLerie · Scout Master
1966 – ? · J. M. Smith · Assistant Cub Leader
1966 – 1966 · Rodney A. Wilson · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1967 · Neville Ingle · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – 1968 · Joan M. Bagnall · Assistant Cub Master
1966 – 1968 · Rodney A. Wilson · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1966 – 1971 · Valeria M. (or Valerie M.) Pemberton · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – 1969 · Alexander H. McLerie · Group Scout Master
1967 – 1970 · Neville Ingle · Scout Master
1968 – ? · J. M. Smith · Cub Master
1968 – 1970 · Isobell Speachley · Assistant Cub Master
1968 – 1971 · Joan M. Spencer · Assistant Cub Master
1968 – 1987 · Joan M. Bagnall · Cub Master
1969 – ? · R. C. Barker · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1969 – 1969 · John C. Liddle · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1971 · Rodney C. Baker · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1969 – 1971 · Ronald T. Spencer · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1972 · Freda V. Austin · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – ? · Angus Macauley · Group Scout Master
1970 – 1971 · Friedrich H. Matthiessen · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – 1971 · Joyce Masters · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – 1971 · S. J. Townsend · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1971 · Stephen J. Townsend · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1972 · Derek A. Rice · Scout Master
1971 – 1972 · Alexander Duffy · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1972 · Margaret M. Murphy · Assistant Cub Master
1972 – ? · Janet Batcheldor · Cub Instructor
1972 – ? · Maree F. Batcheldor · Assistant Cub Master
1972 – 1973 · Donald Gilbert · Senior Scout Leader
1972 – 1973 · Roma A. Dawes · Assistant Cub Leader
1972 – 1973 · Walter H. Nuske · Assistant Scout Leader
1972 – 1975 · William E. Dawes · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – 1975 · Alexander H. McLerie · Scout Leader
1973 – 1975 · Gordon B. McAndrew · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – ? · Wolfgang M. H. Tischler · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – 1980 · Derek A. Rice · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – ? · Gordon B. McAndrew · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – ? · William E. Dawes · Scout Leader
1975 – ? · Yvonne A. Kelly · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – 1979 · Alexander H. McLerie · Assistant Scout Leader
1978 – ? · John Overton · Assistant Scout Leader
1979 – ? · Graham J. Austin · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – 1992 · Peter Meuron · Group Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
1962 · Robert Perry
1963 · Rodney Wilson
Certificate for Good Services
1977 · Joan Bagnall
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