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THE JOURNAL of the ST JOHN AMBULANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of AUSTRALIA VOLUME 11, 2011–2012 ‘Preserving and Promoting the St John Heritage’ St John History THE JOURNAL OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA VOLUME 11, 2011–2012 ‘Preserving and promoting the St John heritage’ St John History is the annual journal of the Historical Society, and is provided gratis to all financial members of the Society. Correspondence about articles in the journal should be directed to the Editor, Dr Ian Howie-Willis. Queries about distribution of the Journal should be sent to the National Membership Officer: St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia St John Ambulance Australia PO Box 2895, Manuka ACT 2603 Information about the Historical Society may be obtained from the executive officers. President: Dr Allan Mawdsley Treasure: Mr Gary Harris [email protected] [email protected] Secretary: Mr James Cheshire Editor: Dr Ian Howie-Willis [email protected] [email protected] 02 6231 4071 Deputy Secretary: Dr Edith Khangure [email protected] Queries about membership and distribution of the journal should be sent to the State/Territory Membership Officers. Overseas and Australian Capital Territory South Australia Dr Ian Howie-Willis Dr Brian Fotheringham Priory Librarian Chair, St John Historical Society of SA St John Ambulance Australia St John Ambulance Australia (SA) PO Box 3895, Manuka ACT 2603 85 Edmund Avenue, Unley SA 5066 [email protected] [email protected] New South Wales Tasmania Ms Loredana Napoli Ms Roxy Cowie Information Management Coordinator Chief Executive Officer St John Ambulance Australia (NSW) St John Ambulance Australia (Tas) 9 Deane Street, Burwood NSW 2134 57 Sunderland Street [email protected] Moonah TAS 7009 [email protected] Northern Territory Mrs Dawn Bat Victoria Historical Society Membership Secretary Mr Gary Harris PO Box 72, Nyah VIC 3594 Historical Society Membership Officer (Mrs Bat’s Victorian postal address) St John Ambulance Australia (Vic) Inc. [email protected] PO Box 573, Mount Waverley VIC 3149 [email protected] Queensland Ms Beth Dawson Western Australia Chair, History and Heritage Committee Dr Edith Khangure St John Ambulance Australia (Qld) Librarian and Archivist PO Box 1645, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 St John Ambulance Australia (WA) Inc. [email protected] PO Box 183, Belmont WA 6194 [email protected] ‘Preserving and promoting the St John heritage’ Front cover The pictures on the front cover reflect the theme of the leading article in this edition of St John History, ‘Knights on Malta: A Discovery Tour’. The images are: the flag of the Republic of Malta with the George Cross in its upper left corner, the Fort of St Angelo at the tip of the Birgu peninsula, seen across the Grand Harbour from Valletta, Valletta seen from the Marsamxett Harbour, and the Maltese Cross flag used by the Knights of St John during their occupation of Malta 1530– 1798, still often flown in Malta together with the national flag. ISSN 1445-7490 St John History Proceedings of the St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia Volume 11, 2011–2012 Editor: Ian Howie-Willis (Priory Librarian, St John Ambulance Australia) Contents Introduction St John History: About Volume 11, 2011–2012 1 Papers of the Society’s 2011 History Seminar, Hobart, Tasmania Kieran J Brown Knights on Malta: A discovery tour 2 James Cheshire ‘Not Cross, Just Quills’: The Priory Secretaries of the Order of St John in Australia 5 John Pearn The Bushman’s Companion: The Reverend John Flynn’s first contributions to pre-hospital care in the Australian outback 17 Ian Howie-Willis The original St John ambulance: A two-wheeled cart that gave a world-wide organisation its name 28 Trevor Mayhew St John Ambulance uniforms: A brief history 36 David Fahey The history of inhalational analgesia 43 Allan Mawdsley Heroes of our forgotten past 50 Ian Howie-Willis The Chancellors: The seven distinguished Australians who have led the Australian Priory of the Order of St John since 1946 57 Reports from the State and Territory branches of the Historical Society St John Ambulance Historical Society, Victorian Branch Shirley Moon 65 St John Historical Society of South Australia Brian Fotheringham 66 St John Ambulance Archives, New South Wales Loredana Napoli and Betty Stirton 67 The Ian Kaye-Eddie Heritage Centre, Western Australia Edith Khangure 68 The Priory and the Australian Capital Territory Ian Howie-Willis 69 The History and Heritage Committee, Queensland Beth Dawson 70 One stone mason’s recollections of building the St John Jerusalem Eye Hospital Beth Dawson 71 The 1931 Centenary of the Order, and the Australian contingent that travelled to London to participate Vince Little, Betty Stirton and Ian Howie-Willis 72 Introduction St John History: about Volume 11, 2011–2012 Volume 11 of St John History, otherwise known as the Proceedings or Journal of the St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia, covers the year 2011–2012. The Journal aims to report on the Society’s efforts to preserve and promote the St John heritage—as our motto implies. The Journal is the Society’s principal publication and distributed to all financial members, as is Pro Utilitate, the Society’s quarterly newsletter. Included in each edition of the Journal are the papers delivered to the Society’s most recent history seminar. In this case, those from the thirteenth annual seminar which took place in the Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart, on Saturday 28 May, 2011. Also included are the annual reports from the Society’s State and Territory branches tabled at the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Society. The AGM was held in the same venue as the history seminar but on the following day, Sunday 29 May. Volume 11 takes the Historical Society into its second decade. The journal has appeared annually since 2000–2001 and has survived the changes of the previous decade. The first edition was little more than a simple unbound 20 page newsletter, run off and stapled together from the photocopier in the Australian Office of St John Ambulance Australia, in Canberra. Since then it has grown progressively more ambitious and can now lay claim to being the most prestigious journal of its kind produced anywhere under the aegis of the Most Venerable Order of St John. Lest that assertion might seem to be the boast of an Editor who has been with the journal from the beginning, readers may judge for themselves. After reading the articles that follow, they might agree with the Editor that both the journal and the Historical Society that produces it are fulfilling important functions within St John Ambulance Australia, if not in the worldwide family of the Most Venerable Order. St John History Volume 11, 2011–2012 1 Brown Knights on Malta: A discovery tour Kieran J Brown, KStJ Kieran Brown is the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance First Aid Services Branch. The former Grand Master’s palace, Valletta, Previously he was a highly innovative Chief Cadet Officer. Tasmanian born and bred, he lives in Devonport which now houses the Parliament of Malta on the north coast and is married to Val, the unfailingly sturdy supporter of his St John work. Apart from Army and the President’s residence. service in Vietnam, Mr Brown spent most of his professional career as a government school teacher, rising to become deputy principal in primary and high schools. A highly professional senior educator with a special interest in curriculum design, one of his achievements as Chief Cadet Officer was the thorough revision and revitalisation of the syllabus for each of the Cadet Proficiency Badges, and the addition of a range of new badges. The following article results from a pilgrimage to Malta that he undertook in 2010. Mr Brown, who received the inaugural national gold achievement award of St John Ambulance Australia in 2011, is a Knight of the Order. Members of the St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia, I extend to you a very warm welcome to Tasmania, my home state, and to Hobart, the place of my birth. I must first state that I am no historian. I am however a proud member of the Historical Society and very much enjoy these meetings and reading the Society’s quarterly newsletter, Pro Utilitate, and of course its annual journal, St John History. Congratulations to the Society, a most vibrant arm of our beloved St John Ambulance Australia organisation. expect this issue will receive due consideration in coming months when it is proposed to produce a In 2003 a number of Cadet Proficiency courses were updated, including ‘Knowledge of The Order’ hard copy version—an attractive booklet for the KOTO proficiency badge. That process will include a (KOTO). The KOTO course, which focuses on the history and traditions of both the ancient and modern general review of all aspects of the course. Secondly, we want to provide learning alternatives for those Orders of St John, is the sole compulsory proficiency badge for Cadets wishing to receive the coveted Cadets who shy away from bookish learning and find the research work daunting. Grand Prior’s Badge award. The update brought a number of improvements including a useful Trainer Research learning can be very satisfying and empowering and I for one would want to preserve Guide for our hard working Cadet Officers. it in our course. However I do recognise that some students are not ready to engage in this form Dr Ian Howie-Willis heard about our rewrite and very kindly provided us with A Very Short History of learning. As a teacher I am increasingly aware of the need to cater for the full range of learning of St John. This 43 page document brings us through the Order’s fractured history from Jerusalem preferences which reflect the ‘Learning Intelligences’ famously identified by Gardner (Gardner H, through to modern day Cadets in Australia.
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