1st Windang
Status: Closed
Registered: 07/07/1943
Closed: 24/11/2014
Hall: Boronia Park, Oakland Ave, Windang (Opened 09/03/1974)
Scarf: Maroon base, ¼ in sky blue border, no gap, ¼ in gold stripe
History
Pack started 30/9/1942 with 11 Cubs, 2 Scouts / Group registered 7/7/1943, had 11 Cubs / 2 Leaders at 30/6/1943. South Coast list said Cubs registered 15/10/1943, Scouts 21/8/1947. Troop first met 3/3/1947 with Arthur Gallop SM (he resigned 1950.
In 1943/44 Frank Bevan & Sons donated land for hall. In 1944 group committee asked Council for hut from single man’s quarters at temporary settlement and council said none available. In June 1945 Council meeting report said Group desired a disused army hut and had £100 to spend and Council agreed to negotiate for purchase of a hut from Dapto. In mid-1947 Council approved application to build ex-army Hall cost £600 and it was under construction in 1948 and officially opened 12/3/1949 by Mr Bevan who donated land. Hall was in Boronia St and built by volunteers (SCT 10/3/1949). In late 1940s 2 Windang Public School infants classes held in Scout hall for several years.
Had 13 Cubs/2 Leaders in 1944, 12 Cubs/2 Leaders in 1945, 14 Cubs/1 Leader in 1946, 14 Cubs/16 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1947, 10 Cubs/18 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1948, 10 Cubs/10 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1949, 12 Cubs/16 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1950, 14 Cubs/16 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1951, 18 Cubs/18 Scouts/2 Leaders in 1952, 18 Cubs/16 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1953, 19 Cubs/10 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1954 & 55, 22 Cubs/23 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1956, 24 Cubs/30 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1957, 25 Cubs/27 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1958, 49 members in 1960 & 1961, 55 in 1962, 48 in 1963, 54 in 1964, 43 in 1965, 53 in 1966, 62 in 1967, 52 in 1968, 66 in 1969, 51 in 1970, 67 in 1971, 63 in 1972, 61 in 1973, 42 Youth/13 Leaders in 1989, 33 Youth/6 Leaders in 1990, 10 Cubs/12 Scouts/3 Venturers/9 Rovers/8 Leaders in 1991, 16 Cubs/8 Scouts/5 Venturers/6 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1992.
Won 1975 HR Lee Flag competition and came 3rd at Pax Flag Cub competition in 1947 and 4th in 1945. Won HR Lee Flag competition in 1971 /2nd in 1972. In 1977 SL Arthur Thomson awarded Silver Cross and Scout (PL) Glen McKay Medal for Meritorious Conduct for rescuing from drowning a young leader who had gotten into difficulties crossing a river / 3 other boys commended for their part in his resuscitation (Geoffrey McKay, Mark Merrifield & Martin Wickstead). Senior Troop registered 27/6/1968. Rover Crew registered 29/10/1974 / deregistered January 1998/ reregistered March 2002/ deregistered April 2003. Rover Crew won Lodge BP Service Award in 1992. Joey Mob registered June 1993 with Kylie Chant JL.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Bruce McMaster · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Davie M. Howe · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Gregory McMaster · Rover Leader
? – ? · Lawrence Burns · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Michael J. Giles · Group Leader
? – ? · Patricia A. Deegan · Assistant Cub Master
? – ? · Philip Redmond · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Robert S. Mckee · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Robert S. Mckee · Rover Advisor
? – 1960 · C. Porter · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1982 · Stephen J. Townsend · Scout Leader
? – 1991 · Maxwell E. (Max) Shepherd · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1995 · Astrid Smith · Cub Leader
? – 1996 · Jane Neaves · Scout Leader
? – 1998 · Jon McQuade · Scout Leader
? – 2003 · Faith Dent · Assistant Scout Leader
1943 – 1947 · Edith Anderson · Assistant Cub Master
1944 – 1949 · Claris Mansfield · Cub Master
1947 – 1949 · Marcel Cakebread · Assistant Lady Cub Master
1947 – 1950 · Arthur Gallop · Scout Master
1949 – 1950 · Marcel Cakebread · Cub Master
1951 – ? · J. Dorl · Assistant Scout Master
1951 – ? · M. Dorl · Cub Master
1951 – 1955 · J. Dorl · Scout Master
1953 – 1955 · Donald E. (Don) Stone · Assistant Scout Master
1955 – 1956 · J. Dorl · Group Scout Master
1955 – 1960 · Donald E. (Don) Stone · Scout Master
1957 – 1960 · I. Symonds · Assistant Cub Leader
1959 – ? · F. J. Bell · Cub Master
1960 – 1965 · Donald E. (Don) Stone · Group Scout Master
1960 – 1966 · Anne (nee HANDEL) Stone · Cub Master
1961 – 1962 · O. Findlay · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – 1966 · Edmund T. Barker · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – 1967 · Dorothy Potts · Assistant Cub Master
1961 – 1968 · D. Potts · Assistant Cub Master
1963 – 1964 · S. McPhee · Assistant Cub Leader
1964 – 1968 · Granville L. Morrison · Assistant Scout Master
1966 – ? · K. A. Stone · Assistant Cub Leader
1966 – 1968 · Ann Pohl · Cub Master
1966 – 1968 · John C. Hunter · Scout Master
1966 – 1969 · Anne (nee HANDEL) Stone · Assistant Cub Master
1966 – 1970 · Norman A. Castray · Assistant Scout Master
1967 – 1968 · John Mclaughlin · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – 1968 · Patricia Eldridge · Assistant Cub Master
1968 – ? · Beryl O. Buckle · Cub Master
1968 – ? · Raymond E. Jenkins · Senior Scout Leader
1968 – 1970 · Adrian T. Bruseker · Scout Master
1968 – 1970 · Albert S. Paplauskas · Group Scout Master
1968 – 1970 · Joseph J. Profilio · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1968 – 1971 · Granville L. Morrison · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1969 – 1970 · Darryl Staples · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – ? · Adrian T. Bruseker · Group Scout Master
1970 – 1971 · Anthony R. Troy · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – 1972 · Douglas A. Mckean · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1972 · Kenneth H. Atkins · Scout Master
1971 – 1972 · Allan R. Murray · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1972 · Anthony R. Troy · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1971 – 1972 · John L. Spriggs · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1974 · Helen Mckay · Assistant Cub Master
1971 – 1975 · Charles A. Dent · Group Scout Master
1972 – 1972 · Colin J. Mahoney · Senior Scout Leader
1972 – 1973 · Colin J. Mahoney · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1972 – 1975 · Allan R. Murray · Scout Leader
1973 – ? · Arthur R. Thomson · Assistant Venturer Leader
1973 – ? · Arthur Thompson · Assistant Venturer Leader
1973 – ? · Mark J. Michell · Assistant Scout Leader
1973 – 1973 · Esther O. M. Vooewinden · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1975 · Eleanor Tatnell · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – 1975 · Kim N. Clancy · Assistant Scout Leader
1974 – 1988 · Helen Mckay · Cub Leader
1975 – ? · Kim N. Clancy · Assistant Venturer Leader
1975 – 1976 · Charles A. Dent · Group Leader
1975 – 1977 · Allan R. Murray · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – 1983 · Alan G. Blake · Assistant Scout Leader
1977 – 1978 · Allan R. Murray · Scout Leader
1978 – ? · Ronald J. Dent · Assistant Scout Leader
1978 – ? · Stephen J. Townsend · Assistant Scout Leader
1979 – 1979 · Arthur E. Hawkins · Group Leader
1980 – ? · Leanne Cook · Assistant Venturer Leader
1980 – ? · Mark Mitchell · Venturer Leader
1980 – 1984 · Mark J. Michell · Venturer Leader
1980 – 1988 · Peter J. S. Smith · Assistant Cub Leader
1982 – ? · Maureen A. Wheeler · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – 1983 · Elston C. Hynd · Scout Leader
1982 – 1984 · David C. Neaves · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – 1985 · Stephen C. Dent · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – ? · Elston C. Hynd · Group Leader
1983 – ? · Geoffrey W. Slee · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – 1984 · Clifford Harrison · Scout Leader
1983 – 1988 · Alan G. Blake · Rover Advisor (Responsible)
1983 – 1989 · Joy Brown · Assistant Scout Leader
1984 – ? · David C. Neaves · Assistant Venturer Leader
1984 – 1986 · Angus W. Witherby · Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Maxwell E. (Max) Shepherd · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1986 · Warren Murray · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1989 · John C. Lacey · Assistant Scout Leader
1986 – 1990 · Angus W. Witherby · Assistant Scout Leader
1986 – 1991 · Jeffery P. Kiely · Assistant Venturer Leader
1986 – 1992 · Warren Murray · Venturer Leader
1986 – 1993 · Mark J. Michell · Group Scout Leader
1987 – 1993 · Teena L. Stubbings · Assistant Venturer Leader
1988 – 1990 · Helen Mckay · Assistant Cub Leader
1988 – 1991 · Peter J. S. Smith · Cub Leader
1989 – ? · Keith Kelly · Provisional Leader (Venturers)
1989 – ? · Stewart Kelly · Provisional Leader (Venturers)
1989 – 1990 · John C. Lacey · Assistant Scout Leader
1989 – 1990 · Joy Brown · Scout Leader
1990 – ? · Geoffrey Percy · Crew Leader
1990 – 1993 · Michael Chin · Assistant Scout Leader
1991 – 1998 · Paul Parkinson · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1992 · Veronica Quinn · Assistant Scout Leader
1992 – 1993 · Michelle Carey · Assistant Venturer Leader
1993 – ? · Jane Beaton · Scout Leader
1993 – 1993 · Kylie Chant · Joey Scout Leader
1993 – 1993 · Michelle Carey · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1993 – 1994 · Lawrence Burns · Venturer Leader
1993 – 1995 · Kylie Chant · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1993 – 1996 · Kevin Baker · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 2000 · Michelle Carey · Joey Scout Leader
1994 – ? · Trevor Chant · Group Leader
1994 – 1995 · Stephen Carey · Assistant Venturer Leader
1994 – 1996 · Darren Vuolanne · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – 1996 · Mark Smallman · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1996 – 1996 · Paul Leaudais · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – 1997 · Kevin Baker · Cub Leader
1996 – 1997 · Paul Leaudais · Venturer Leader
1997 – 1997 · Lynette Wenham · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – 1998 · Michael Alaban · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – 2001 · Kevin Baker · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – 2003 · Lynette Wenham · Cub Leader
1998 – 1998 · Kim Henderson · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1998 – 2003 · John Bentley · Venturer Leader
1999 – 2000 · Terry Rankmore · Assistant Venturer Leader
2000 – ? · Faith Hayes-Howard · Assistant Scout Leader
2000 – 2003 · Stephen Dent · Scout Leader
2001 – ? · Mark Lockhart · Assistant Cub Leader
2001 – 2003 · Daniel Dohnt · Assistant Cub Leader
2002 – 2003 · Len Snowden · Joey Scout Leader
2002 – 2003 · Ross Innes · Rover Advisor (Not Responsible)
2002 – 2003 · Stephanie Bentley · Group Leader
2002 – 2003 · Trevor Chant · Group Advisor
2002 – 2004 · Paul Parkinson · Assistant Cub Leader
2004 – ? · Paul Parkinson · Scout Leader
Pre 1992 · Gene Bond · Scout Leader
Awards
Kings/Queens Scouts
1957 · John Dorl
1958 · Edmund Barker, John Cable, Phillip Handel, Thomas Twist
1968 · Barry Beazley, Stephen Hunter, Leslie Jenkins, Douglas McKean, Darryl Staples, Anthony Troy
1971 · Alan Murray
1972 · Kim Clancy, Mark Mitchell
1973 · Alan Blake, Keith Murray, Philip Redmond
1975 · Warren Murray
1976 · Stephen Arnold, Michael Booth, Geoffrey Slee
1986 · Leanne Chant, Richard Chant
1987 · Katherine Merrifield
1989 · Andrew Taafe
1990 · Alexander Brown, Robert Chant, David Kiely
1991 · Christopher Lacey, Leanne Regal
1993 · Kylie Chant
1995 · Matthew Smith
1998 · Ethan Goodger
1999 · Matthew Kalsow
2001 · Sarah Goodger
2002 · Scott Ezold, Kyle Kalsow
2003 · Katie Blake
Baden Powell Award
1979 · Alan Blake, Kim Clancy, Mark Michell
1982 · Robert McKee
1984 · Heather Lord
1987 · Dorothy Mullampy
1995 · Richard Chant, Katherine Merrifield
Certificate for Good Services
1977 · Ray Jenkins
1982 · Helen McKay
Thanks Badge
1988 · Marion Merrifield
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