Shylie Katherine Rymill
Shylie Katherine Rymill née Blue (16 May 1882 – 3 April 1959) was State Commissioner of Girl Guides in South Australia from 1938 to 1950, awarded the OBE in 1942 and the Silver Fish Award in 1948.[1]
She married Herbert Lockett "Cargie" Rymill (19 August 1870 – 27 March 1951) on 18 September 1906. "Cargie" was a son of Henry Rymill; he helped found the Royal Adelaide Golf Club at Seaton in 1902, and planned and founded Kooyonga Golf Club at Lockleys in 1922.
Their children include:
- Henry Way Rymill CBE (9 October 1907 – 8 January 1971) was Chief Commissioner of Scouts in South Australia from 1936 and for six years Commodore of the Royal SA Yacht Squadron. He was awarded the CBE in 1949, and the Silver Wolf Award in 1943 - a rare conjunction of awards to mother and son.[2]
- William Seaton Rymill (12 April 1909 – 12 August 1987), a noted golfer.
- Edward Gordon "Tom" Rymill (11 November 1910 – 16 February 1989), managed "Balquhidder Station" on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. "Balquhidder Station" was later bought by Kerry Stokes.
- Katherine Lucy Rymill (24 May 1913 – ), a noted golfer and Red Cross worker.
References
- ↑ Gibbard, Joyce. "Rymill, Shylie Katharine (1882 - 1959)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ 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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