[3] A cairn on the bank of the Kaiapoi River, near Wylie Park, commemorates the first patrols formed.
[5][6] Cossgrove also formed the Girl Peace Scouts in 1909 which extended beyond New Zealand and Australia.
[5][8] The British Boy Scouts also had members in New Zealand from 1909 with troops still reported in 1914.
In 1915, the Salvation Army started its Life Saving Guards for girls in New Zealand.
A Territorial Life-saving Scout and Guard Organiser, Ensign A.H. Charker, was appointed in 1918.