Craft Chains
RW Bro. Christopher van Gaalen
District Grand Master
RW Bro. Christopher van Gaalen was the Deputy District Grand Master in Charge from 1 Apr 2020 until he was installed as District Grand Master on 2 October 2021 in a ceremony as much remembered for the Power outages as for the difficulties imposed by Covid Regulations. Read his installation address here.
Biography:
Initiated
in The Ionic Lodge No. 3235 on 17th August 1995
Joined District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 8th August 2006
Joined Germiston Lodge No. 2498 on 18th May 2011
Joined Lyceum Lodge of Research No. 8682 on 15th June 2011
Joined President Lodge No. 8053 on 15th October 2011
Made Honorary in Vereeniging Peace Lodge No. 3461 on 4th September 2014
Joined Royal Edward Lodge No. 3070 on 6th June 2016
Joined Fidelity Lodge No. 2999 27th February 2021
Has held the following District Appointments
2004 District Grand Steward
2005 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2006-2009 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2009-2011 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2011-2017 Assistant District Grand Master
2017-2021 Deputy District Grand Master
2021- District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2010 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2012 Past Junior Grand Deacon
2018 Past Grand Sword Bearer
He is the Inspector General 33rd Degree of the Rose Croix District of S A North West
VW Bro. Brian McDermott
Deputy District Grand Master
VW Bro. Brian McDermott was appointed and Invested as Deputy District Grand Master on 2 October 2021 by RW Bro. Christopher van Gaalen.
Biography:
Initiated in United Services Lodge No. 2967 on 12th June 1989
Made an Honorary Member of Premier Diamond Lodge No. 3172 on 20th November 2003
Joined Hartebeestpoort Lodge No. 8545 on 5th December 2005
Joined Corinthian Lodge No. 7251 on 6th February 2008
Joined Arcadia Lodge No. 7149 on 18th February 2009
Made an Honorary Member of Corinthian Lodge No. 7251 on 6th April 2011
Joined Golden West Lodge No. 6689 on 1st April 2014
Made an Honorary Member of Protea Lodge No. 6471 on 3rd June 2017
Made an Honorary Member of Phoenix Lodge No. 3602 on 7th September 2018
Made an Honorary Member of Arcadia Lodge No. 7149 on 20th October 2018
Made an Honorary Member of Rose & Thisle Lodge No. 3150 on 12th June 2021
Has held the following District Appointments
1998 District Grand Steward
1999 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2000 District Grand Pursuivant
2001-2004 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2004-2006 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2006 District Senior Grand Warden
2013-2021 Assistant District Grand Master
2021- Deputy District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2006 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2014 Past Junior Grand Deacon
2022 Past Grand Sword Bearer
He is alsothe District Grand Supreme Ruler in the Order of the Secret Monitor
And the Provincial Sub-Prior in the Knights Templar
W Bro. Charles Burn
Assistant District Grand Master
Initiated in Universal Friendship Lodge No. 9042 on 20th November 1995
Joined Transvaal District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 13th May 2008
Joined Woodlands Lodge No. 3668 on 6th August 2015
Made an Honorary Member of Golden West Lodge No. 6689 on 25th September 2018
Joined Fidelity Lodge No. 2999 27th February 2021
Has held the following District Appointments
2006 District Grand Steward
2007-2009 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2011-2017 District Grand Treasurer
2017- Assistant District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2017 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies<
2019 Past Junior Grand Deacon<
2022 Past Senior Grand Deacon
He is the Inspector General 33rd Degree of the Rose Croix District of S A North East
W Bro. Simon Knutton
Assistant District Grand Master
Initiated in St Michael's Lodge No. 8643 on 11th September 1997
Joined Boksburg St John Lodge No. 8642 on 28th March 2007
Joined Pyramid Lodge No. 5003 on 19th September 2010
Joined Transvaal District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 1st November 2011
Made an Honorary Member of Protea Lodge No. 6471 on 3rd June 2017
Made an Honorary Member of Phoenix Lodge No. 3602 on 7th September 2018
Joined Benoni Lodge No. 3157 on 12th September 2018
Has held the following District Appointments
2009 District Grand Steward
2010 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2011-2015 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2015-2017 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2017- Assistant District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2019 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2020 Past Junior Grand Deacon
W Bro. Christopher Adams
Assistant District Grand Master
Initiated in Witwatersrand Lodge No. on 17th June 2003
Joined Lyceum Lodge of Research No. 8682 on 20th August 2008
Joined Johannesburg 2313 Lodge No. 2313 on 09th September 2009
Joined President Lodge No. 8053 on 19th July 2011
Joined Baden Powell Lodge No 9370 on 16th July 2014
Joined Vrede Lodge No. 4816 on 20th October 2014
Joined Royal Edward Lodge No. 3070 on o4th July 2015
Made an Honorary Member of Hillbrow Lodge No. 3070 on 09th November 2015
Joined Fidelity Lodge No. 2999 27th February 2021
Has held the following District Appointments
2013 Past District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2016 Past District Senior Grand Deacon
2017 - President of the District Board of Benevolence
2020 - Assistant District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2021 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
W Bro. Leighton Shaw
Assistant District Grand Master
Initiated in Transvaal Lodge No. 1747 on 29th October 1997
Joined United Services Lodge No. 2967 on 16th April 2007
Joined Arcadia Lodge No. 7149 on 18th April 2009
Joined Transvaal District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 05th November 2013
Joined Golden West Lodge No. 6689 on 01st April 2014
Joined Hartebeestpoort Lodge No. 8545 on 11th February 2015
Made an Honorary Member of Protea Lodge No. 6471 on 03rd June 2017
Joined Corinthian Lodge No. 7251 on 19th February 2018
Made an Honorary Member of Phoenix Lodge No. 3602 on 07th September 2018
Joined Bryanston Lodge No. 7815 on 20th February 2019
Joined Civil Service Lodge No. 3118 on 22nd May 2019
Has held the following District Appointments
2012 District Grand Steward
2013 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2016-2019 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2019-2020 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2020- Assistant District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2022 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
