Norman S. Johnson

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Norman S. Johnson (d.1989) was a dentist, scout leader and an Australian and international Scout organisation official.

Background

Johnson was a student (1931-43) and Scout and, subsequently, a Scoutmaster of Trinity Grammar School at Kew in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1945 he authored Camping for scouts and others which ran to three further editions.

He became an official of The Boy Scouts Association Victorian Branch, as a leader trainer, commissioner and, from 1976-79, its Victorian Chief Commissioner. He became The Scout Association of Australia's national executive committee chairman.

He was a member, then chairman of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) committee. In 1990, WOSM posthumously awarded Johnson it 212th Bronze Wolf Award for exceptional services to world Scouting.{{cite web | url = https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | work = scout.org | publisher = WOSM | accessdate = 2019-08-21 | archive-date = 29 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | url-status = dead }}

References

External links

Category:Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award

Category:Year of birth missing

Category:People educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew

Category:Scouting and Guiding in Australia