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Henry Way Rymill

Henry Way Rymill

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Henry Way Rymill CBE (9 October 1907 – 8 January 1971) was The Boy Scouts Association’s South Australian branch chief commissioner from 1936, and was the Royal South Australia Yacht Squadron’s commodore for six years.

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The Boy Scouts Association awarded him its Silver Wolf Award in 1943. He was appointed a CBE in 1949. [1]

He was the son of Herbert Lockett "Cargie" Rymill (19 August 1870 – 28 May 1951) and Shylie Katharine Blue (16 May 1882 – 3 April 1959). He married Alleyne Joan Downer (7 May 1906 – c. May 1942), daughter of James Frederick "Fred" Downer LLB (1874 – 29 May 1942) and Florence Way Downer, née Campbell, (1870 – c. 1861).

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    Gibberd, Joyce, 'Rymill, Henry Way (1907–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 26 April 2012.


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