Scouts visit to Austria 1948

Among the donations received posthumously from Michael Roper [Heath 1943–1951] were the papers for ‘Operation Boy Scout’, a visit by three dozen English scouts and their leaders to the scouts of Austria from the to the . John Iredale [Heath 1942–1948] went with Michael on this trip as members of Boyce Patrol.

In view of the fragility of the original documents, they have all been reconstructed from the originals.

The first document, a letter dated July 1948 from A. Done, the Contingent Leader, gives instructions and advice on preparing for the trip; this letter is available in PDF format.

The next letter we have is from D. Ash A.S.M, AKA Oscar, the Patrol Leader, dated :

First page of a quarto letter suggesting what they should pack Second page of a quarto letter with further suggestions and a list of the members of the patrol
Letter dated from D. Ash A.S.M, AKA Oscar

This letter can also be downloaded in PDF format.

The next document is the Programme provided in English by the Austrian Scouts dated , liberally annotated by Michael Roper.

First page of the programme covering 10-15 August First page of the programme covering 16-22 August First page of the programme covering 23-26 August Annotations made by Michael Roper on the back page
Programme for the visit of English Scouts

The Programme can also be downloaded in PDF format.

Finally, we have the Route Map for all the various patrols in the English Contingent which you can download in PDF format.