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Pipe Major: Matt Fraser, Drum Sergeant: Steven Shedden. Continue reading for a full list of current members.

Several pipers and drummers met at Hemmingway’s Glenferrie Hotel in the City of Hawthorn on the 26th of November, 1914. After much discussion (and drinking) they established a pipe band which was originally named the Hawthorn Highland Pipe Band. A further meeting, held at the Glenferrie Hotel on the 26th of October, 1915, saw the… Continue reading History

Robert J. K. Semple B.E.M. O.A.M. (1920 – 2020) joined the Hawthron Pipe Band in 1945 after returning from six years of service in World War Two. He remained a member continuously until he passed away.