1st Port Kembla
Status: Closed
Registered: 28/03/1923
Closed: 12/08/2002
Hall: Original Hall at Allen St, Port Kembla. NES Hall, Kiera St, Port Kembla
Scarf: Maroon base, ½ in emerald green border
History
Two Port Kembla boys (Gordon Pratt / Jim Collins) had been in short lived 1st Wollongong Troop. When it closed they asked Gordon’s dad to start a Troop in Port Kembla. Mr A Pratt coopted HR Lee and in April 1923 Troop started. Scouting in NSW December 1944 said started February 1923. In August 1923 Charles Jackson DSM Eastern Suburbs asked by Kelso King, State Executive chairman, a director of ERS company at Port Kembla to take job at his company and help develop Scouts in area. He took over Troop on 28/8/1923. Troop registered 21/4/1923, Crew 13/1/1933/ reregistered 24/9/1953, Seniors 21/12/1950. Hall was at Allen St. South Coast list of registrations said Pack also registered 21/4/1923 and Crew registered 7/4/1925, 6/3/1931 and 19/12/1932.
Group annual report 30/6/1924 said
- CFT Jackson took over Troop 10 months ago and then had 4 Patrols of 5 boys now 32,
- Parents and supporters committee formed 10 September 1923 at a public meeting,
- had adult & juvenile ball on 27/10/23 at Amusua hall with more than 400 attendance which raised £20 for Troop funds,
- held dances at Memorial hall to send 10 Scouts/2 Leaders to Adelaide Corroboree,
- Jim Collins to go to International Jamboree at London/ Copenhagen, send off 22/4/24,
- Troop flag dedicated 3/1/1924,
- 8 Cubs, 22 Scouts attended Xmas camp at Albion Park 26/12/1923- 1/1/1924,
- at camp at Port Kembla 9/2/1924 5 Scouts carried out in surf, PL Gordon Pratt went to rescue without belt or line and brought them in from about 200 yards from shore,
- at 30/6/1924 had 25 Cubs, 31 Scouts, 2 Leaders and met at Memorial Hall.
In 1930 J Cox SM, H Haworth ASM, W Kinnersly CM / had built hall. 1931 SC Annual report said Rover club formed with H Bonser Chairman. Illawarra Mercury 23/101931 said Port Kemble Rover Crew held well attended meeting in new club room in Military Rd which was not yet fully remodelled. In 1940’s Crew met at 67 Wentworth St.
1926 SC Annual report said Cubs 4th of 13 at State Cub championship 26/9/1925. 2 Scouts went to July 1925 4th Australian Corroboree in Queensland. 1929 SC Annual report said foundation stone of hall laid 15/2/1928, hall opened by Sir Kelso King 23/3/1929 - it was Scout/Guide hall. Hall was in Allen Street on a permissive occupancy from Council, 35 people lent £10 each interest free for 2 years to fund hall, at time Mr Calcott GSM. Sea Scout Patrol registered 5/12/1929 with P McKay SM. It probably become 2nd Port Kembla. Rover Crew registered 13/1/1933 /existed 1939, 1943-49. In 1936 Rovers to be called “Cecil Rhodes’ Rovers. Had Cubs/Scouts/Rovers in 1935.
In 1939 Rovers each put in £2 and spent £15 buying old Ford utility from Bill Wentworth a local landowner/ newspaper publisher. They named it “Camel”.
Had 30 Cubs/42 Scouts/8 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1933, 16 Cubs/22 Scouts/11 Rovers/4 Leaders in 1936, 13 Cubs/16 Scouts/12 Rovers/3 Leaders in 1937, 21 Cubs/15 Scouts/14 Rovers/3 Leaders in 1938, 39 Cubs/34 Scouts/11 Rovers/2 Leaders in 1939, 48 Cubs/63 Scouts/4 Rovers/13 Leaders in 1940, 49 Cubs/57 Scouts/11 Rovers/13 Leaders in 1941, 26 Cubs/39 Scouts/18 Rovers/9 Leaders in 1942, 20 Cubs/20 Scouts/37 Sea Scouts/19 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1943, 40 Cubs/30 Scouts/44 Sea Scouts/17 Rovers/12 Leaders in 1944, 34 Cubs/31 Scouts/34 Sea Scouts/18 Leaders in 1945, 44 Cubs/36 Scouts/24 Sea Scouts/15 Rovers/19 Leaders in 1946, 23 Cubs/22 Scouts/8 Leaders in 1947, 52 Cubs/17 Scouts/17 Sea Scouts/7 Rovers/11 Leaders in 1948, 52 Cubs/26 Scouts/15 Sea Scouts/6 Rovers/9 Leaders in 1949, 45 Cubs/16 Scouts/10 Sea Scouts/9 Leaders in 1950, 44 Cubs/20 Scouts/7 Seniors/8 Leaders in 1951, 51 Cubs/32 Scouts/6 Seniors/7 Leaders in 1952, 63 Cubs/53 Scouts/7 Seniors/12 Leaders in 1953, 46 Cubs/49 Scouts/7 Rovers/14 Leaders in 1954 & 55, 43 Cubs/16 Scouts/7 Leaders in 1956, 42 Cubs/16 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1957, 36 Cubs/14 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1958, 74 members in 1960, 88 in 1961, 84 in 1962, 58 in 1963, 69 in 1964, 51 in 1965, 54 in 1966, 46 in 1967, 54 in 1968, 70 in 1969, 63 in 1970, 59 in 1971, 65 in 1972, 48 in 1973, 14 Youth/5 Leaders in 1989. 11 Youth/4 Leaders in 1990, 15 Cubs/11 Scouts/8 Leaders in 1991, 14 Cubs/10 Scouts/8 Venturers/8 Leaders in 1992.
In 1931 Sea Scout Alec Giles awarded Gilt Cross for Gallantry for saving a life in surf at Port Kembla and in 1933 PL Albert Haworth awarded Gilt Cross. ‘B” Pack/Troop formed 2/3/1932 with G Heward ACM & H Haworth ASM. Rover Crew started 19/12/1932 with Dr D Mackellar RSL. In 1938 Crew called 1st Port Kembla (Cecil Rhodes) Crew and 2 Rovers did 1000 mile / 16 day tandem bike ride around NSW. In 1938 Rovers granted use of new 2 storey building on shore of Lake Illawarra including jetty and boats (donated by WC Wentworth). In 1944 Senior Troop formed with 1 Scout/1 Sea Scout Patrol. Rover Crew reregistered 1954. Senior troop not reregistered 1954 & was reregistered March 1964 with K Hawkey SSL. In 1948 hall painted by Port Kembla Rotary. In 1931 & 1954 troop won HR Lee Flag, 2nd in 1930, 1932 & 1934, 3rd in 1929 & 1955, in 1938 cubs won Pax Flag competition / in 1930 3rd. Used NES hall at Kiera St.
Group celebrated 60th birthday on 6/8/1983 with Charles Jackson as guest speaker. Celebrated 75th anniversary 25/7/1998. Pack/Troop/Group went into recess / Venturer Unit deregistered April 2002/ Group deregistered 12/8/2002.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Abdul R. Kalache · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Carolyn M. Ahearn · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Denise Davidson · Cub Leader
? – ? · Douglas Lockwood · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
? – ? · Gary Ford · Scout Leader
? – ? · Kevin D. Carberry · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Lewis R. Marsh · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Michael G. Mcnamara · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Noel R. Gilbert · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1930 · Terry Hart · Cub Master
? – 1958 · V. E. Puckeridge · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1979 · Shirley M. Stewart · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1982 · Noel R. Gilbert · Scout Leader
? – 1982 · Ronald J. Dent · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1996 · Denise Davison · Assistant Cub Leader
1923 – ? · Charles (C. F. T.) Jackson · Scout Master
1923 – 1939 · W. A. Walls · Cub Master
1928 – 1929 · J. Collins · Assistant Scout Master
1928 – 1929 · John Calcott · Group Scout Master
1928 – 1930 · G. T. Hart · Cub Master
1928 – 1930 · W. G. Wilson · Cub Master
1929 – 1930 · Vivian Cox · Assistant Scout Master
1929 – 1935 · P. Mckay · Scout Master (Sea)
1930 – ? · H. Haworth · Assistant Scout Master
1930 – ? · H. Hayworth · Assistant Scout Master
1930 – ? · P. Mckay · Campers Licence
1930 – ? · Vivian Cox · Campers Licence
1930 – ? · W. G. Nicholson · Cub Master
1930 – 1934 · Vivian Cox · Scout Master
1931 – ? · Austin Gilchrist · Campers Licence
1931 – ? · H. Haworth · Campers Licence
1931 – 1931 · W. P. Nicolson · Cub Master
1931 – 1932 · F. Wells · Assistant Scout Master
1932 – ? · Ralph Andrews · Cub Instructor
1932 – 1933 · Ralph Havercroft · Assistant Scout Master
1932 – 1935 · Charles Olsson · Cub Master
1932 – 1936 · G. M. Heward · Assistant Cub Leader
1933 – 1933 · Duncan Mackellar · Rover Leader
1933 – 1934 · Jack Sidaway · Rover Leader
1933 – 1934 · Richard Prentice · Assistant Scout Master
1934 – 1936 · Jack Sidaway · Group Scout Master
1935 – ? · C. Neville · Campers Licence
1935 – ? · Richard Prentice · Campers Licence
1935 – 1936 · Harold Tinnock · Scout Master
1935 – 1936 · Rhoda Ellis · Assistant Cub Leader
1936 – ? · G. M. Heward · Campers Licence
1936 – ? · L. Stewart · Rover Mate
1936 – 1937 · G. M. Heward · Cub Master
1936 – 1937 · George (Rev) Eddie · Group Scout Master
1936 – 1938 · Tom Rainbird · Cub Master
1936 – 1939 · Ralph Havercroft · Rover Leader
1937 – 1938 · C. L. Mansfield · Scout Master
1938 – 1942 · May Keen · Cub Master
1939 – 1941 · Tom Howard · Assistant Cub Leader
1939 – 1943 · Charles Olsson · Rover Leader
1940 – ? · Dulcie Marshall · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1940 – 1940 · Sidney Howard · Assistant Cub Leader
1940 – 1942 · Jean Halcrow · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1941 – 1943 · Ronald Esdaile · Group Scout Master
1943 – ? · Charles Olsson · Group Scout Master
1943 – 1945 · Denis Senior · Scout Master
1943 – 1945 · Ray Wells · Assistant Scout Master
1943 – 1949 · Hazell Gaudin · Lady Cub Master
1944 – ? · H. L. Butson · Assistant Scout Master
1944 – ? · N. Cornish · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1945 – ? · C. Miller · Cub Master
1945 – ? · E. Heward · Scout Master
1945 – ? · Frederick Paull · Assistant Cub Leader
1945 – ? · N. Bengson · Assistant Cub Leader
1945 – ? · Ralph Wood · Scout Master
1945 – ? · Richard Prentice · Rover Leader
1945 – 1946 · Thomas Malady · Assistant Scout Master
1946 – ? · K. D. Cormie · Assistant Cub Leader
1946 – 1946 · Corrie Cormie · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1946 – 1947 · Edward Ellis · Assistant Scout Master
1946 – 1947 · Peter Clarkson · Assistant Scout Master
1946 – 1947 · Thomas Malady · Scout Master
1946 – 1949 · Corrie Cormie · Lady Cub Master
1947 – 1950 · Edward Ellis · Scout Master
1947 – 1951 · Harold Budgen · Rover Leader
1948 – ? · W. Watson · Group Scout Master
1948 – 1950 · H. A. Fleming · Assistant Scout Master
1950 – ? · George Miller · Cub Master
1951 – 1951 · Harold Budgen · Scout Master
1951 – 1951 · J. Thirlby · Assistant Scout Master
1951 – 1952 · Harold Budgen · Group Scout Master
1951 – 1955 · G. E. Meldrum · Senior Scout Master
1951 – 1963 · C. M. Bennett · Cub Master
1952 – ? · Darrell Shaw · Group Scout Master
1952 – ? · N. Heward · Assistant Scout Master
1952 – 1954 · G. W. Gibson · Assistant Cub Leader
1953 – 1955 · S. Foley · Assistant Cub Leader
1955 – ? · H. D. Johnstone · Assistant Cub Leader
1955 – 1961 · D. S. Mcintosh · Assistant Scout Master
1955 – 1961 · Donald Macintosh · Assistant Scout Master
1955 – 1962 · John R. Harris · Assistant Scout Master
1958 – 1960 · J. A. Chatterton · Scout Master
1959 – 1962 · D. Davies · Assistant Cub Leader
1960 – 1961 · M. I. Ryan · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – ? · D. Mcintosh · Group Scout Master
1961 – 1961 · Keith Hawkey · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – 1962 · Donald Macintosh · Group Scout Master
1961 – 1964 · Keith Hawkey · Scout Master
1962 – ? · D. Mcintosh · Group Scout Master
1962 – 1964 · Alan Roberts · Assistant Scout Master
1962 – 1964 · Richard S. Skamp · Group Scout Master
1963 – 1964 · L. Jenkins · Assistant Cub Leader
1963 – 1964 · Linda N. Jenkin · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1965 · J. Roberts · Cub Master
1963 – 1965 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1967 · Robert N. Turner · Assistant Scout Master
1963 – 1974 · Valerie J. (Joyce) Roberts · Cub Master
1964 – 1965 · Alan Roberts · Scout Master
1964 – 1965 · Jean M. Adams · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1967 · Ross E. Gilbert · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1976 · Joy H. Turner · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1976 · Keith Hawkey · Senior Scout Leader
1965 – 1965 · Donald M. Terry · Group Scout Master
1965 – 1967 · Alan Roberts · Group Scout Master
1965 – 1967 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Scout Master
1965 – 1968 · Ronald W. Cook · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1966 – ? · Waveney (married HEXTELL) Loughlin · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1966 – 1970 · Gillian G. Morthorpe · Assistant Cub Master
1966 – 1970 · Jack E. Webb · Assistant Scout Master
1967 – ? · M. Martin · Assistant Cub Leader
1967 – 1969 · Alan Roberts · Scout Master
1967 – 1969 · Harold E. Ford · Assistant Scout Master
1967 – 1970 · J. E. (Mary) (nee MURRAY) Webb · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – 1970 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Assistant Scout Master
1967 – 1975 · Waveney M. (nee LOUGHLIN) Hextell · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – ? · Alan Roberts · Group Scout Master
1969 – 1970 · Harold E. Ford · Scout Master
1969 – 1970 · Margaret B. Kenny · Assistant Cub Master
1971 – ? · James F. Redmond · Scout Master
1972 – ? · Valerie R. Roberts · Assistant Cub Master
1972 – 1975 · Valerie R. (nee ROBERTS) Parsons · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1976 · Peter Ford · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1974 – ? · Alan J. Roberts · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – ? · Garry D. Parsons · Assistant Cub Leader
1976 – 1980 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Venturer Leader
1980 – 1983 · Mark L. Palmer · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – 1983 · Murray J. Tynan · Scout Leader
1980 – 1988 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Group Leader
1982 – ? · Kathleen M. Green · Assistant Cub Leader
1982 – 1982 · Ronald J. Dent · Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Mark L. Palmer · Cub Leader
1983 – 1985 · Sandra M. J. Vallett · Assistant Cub Leader
1984 – 1985 · Robert T. Green · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Mark Dal Molin · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Murray J. Tynan · Scout Leader
1986 – ? · Harry Brisbane · Assistant Cub Leader
1986 – 1987 · Robert Lockwood · Venturer Leader
1986 – 1992 · James Taylor · Cub Leader
1986 – 1997 · Joseph Skora · Scout Leader
1987 – ? · Robert Lockwood · Assistant Scout Leader
1988 – 1990 · Clifford Ruse · Cub Leader
1988 – 2002 · Walter N. (Wally) Powell · Honorary Leader (Group)
1989 – ? · James F. Morris · Provisional Leader (Cubs)
1989 – ? · Toni Rodriguez · Provisional Leader (Scout)
1989 – ? · Wayne Hadfield · Assistant Scout Leader
1989 – 1992 · Peter Suarez · Assistant Cub Leader
1990 – 1994 · Gene Bond · Scout Leader
1991 – ? · Kathleen Drinkwater · Assistant Cub Leader
1991 – 1992 · Glen Taylor · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1994 · John C. Lacey · Assistant Venturer Leader
1992 – 1994 · Warren Murray · Venturer Leader
1992 – 1995 · Veronica Quinn · Assistant Scout Leader
1993 – ? · Denise Davison · Cub Leader
1993 – 1994 · Zinaida N. Skora · Trainee Leader
1993 – 1996 · Gary Pepper · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 2000 · Stephen Dent · Scout Leader
1994 – 2000 · Zinaida N. Skora · Group Leader
1995 – 1996 · Tracey Brett · Assistant Cub Leader
1995 – 1997 · Colin Griffith · Cub Leader
1996 – 1997 · Darren Vuolanne · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – 1998 · Michael Chin · Assistant Venturer Leader
1996 – 1999 · Brad Elliott · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – 2001 · Jane Neaves · Assistant Scout Leader
1997 – ? · Joseph Skora · Assistant Scout Leader
1998 – 2002 · Paul Parkinson · Cub Leader
1999 – 1999 · Konstanty Kudzielko · Venturer Leader
1999 – 2001 · Darren Vuolanne · Scout Leader
2000 – 2000 · Faith Hayes-Howard · Assistant Scout Leader
2000 – 2000 · Stephen Dent · Assistant Scout Leader
2000 – 2002 · Gillian G Morthorpe · Assistant Cub Leader
2023 – 1932 · Charles Olsson · Assistant Cub Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
7 Kings Scouts in 1923/24
1932 · N. Cornish, J. Poel
1968 · Owen Beazley, Rodney Leggett, Gregory Morthorpe
1971 · Gary Parsons, Kim Townsend, Phillip Waters
1973 · Tony Johnston, Michael McNamara
1993 · Jennifer Lacey
1994 · Brent Warhurst
Medal of Merit
1991 · Walter Powell
Certificate for Good Services
1974 · Keith Hawkey
1982 · Wal Powell
1983 · Murray Tynan
Certificate of Merit
1994 · John Lacey
Thanks Badge
1957 · Ivy Jenkins
1931 · Una Lee, R. Craig
1961 · A. Pratt
1987 · Severina Dal Molin
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