HICKEY N

HICKEY N.

HMS Sapphire

p63, 1.3.1876

Ord., 2nd class, born in 1857, at Limerick, 5’ 5", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion. Former ship "Implacable". £3 reward.

HIGGINBOTHAM Walter

HMS Cleopatra

p253, 13.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 6.7.1881

Gunner, native of Manchester, 22yrs, 5’ 8", light-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

HILDERBRANDT August Ludwig

German ship of war, "Ariadne":

p309, 28.8.1878

Since arrested by Constable Reily, Sydney Police.

HILL Edward

HMS Dido

p360, 8.12.1875

Deserted 1st December. Private, R.M., born at London, 26yrs , 5’ 6½", dark hair, hazel eyes, pale sallow complexion, no whiskers or moustache, scar on left knee-cap, sunken cheek, high cheek bones. £3 reward.

HILL Henry

HMS Nymphe

p21, 17.1.1877

Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 9th April, 1852, at St. George’s, Kidderminster, 5’ 6 3/4 ", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

HILL Henry

HMS Cormorant

p353, 22.9.1880

Deserted 14th September. Stoker, born at Portsmouth, in 1859, 5’ 5", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

HILL Henry

HMS Cormorant

p384, 13.10.1880 Vide PG, 1880, p353

Deserter Arrested Wallerawang Police. Remanded to Naval Authorities.

HILL John

HMS Bacchante

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Deserted 5th August. AB, born at Great Malvern, 25yrs, 5’ 5", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion.

HILL Richard

HMS Wolverine

p394-5, 20.10.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 13.10.1880)

Sig. 2nd class, native of Dublin, 20yrs, 5’ 3", light-brown hair, hazel eyes and fair complexion. £3 reward.

HILL Robert

HMS Wolverine

p444, 15.11.1882

Deserted 9th November. AB, 29yrs, fair hair, light eyes. £3 reward.

HILL, Albert

HMS Nelson

P21, 10.1.1883 Extract from SA PG, 27.12.1882:

deserters at Glenelg during the month of December, 1882

HILL, George T.

HMS Diamond

p207, 23.5.1883

Deserted 6th April. AB, born in Devon, 28yrs, 4’ 11", fair complexion, brown hair and eyes.

HILL, Henry

HMS Nelson

P21, 10.1.1883 Extract from SA PG, 27.12.1882:

23yrs, dark red hair, hazel eyes, pale complexion, anchor and crown right fore arm.-

HILL, John

HMS Clio

p100, 12.4.1871

Deserted Sydney, on the 11th April, 1871: OS, born on the 3rd July, 1850, at Canada, 5’ ,dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.

HILL, T. W.

HMS Blanche

p131, 8.5.1872

Stoker, born on the 13th October, 1848, at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire; 5’ 5", light brown hair, blue eyes.

HILL, Walter

HMS Nelson

p263, 4.7.1883

Deserted whilst under remanded from Auckland, New Zealand, to the Naval Authorities at Sydney, absconded from SS "Manapouri", on his arrival at Sydney, on the 1st instant. Hill’s description not yet furnished. Since arrested.

HILLIER, Charles

HMS Diamond

P18, 10.1.1883

Pte., RMLI, born in Liverpool, 29yrs, 5’ 10", dark complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes.

HILLIER, J. W.

HMS Cossack

p327 , 11.12.1872

Deserted 5th December. Private, born on the 12th June, 1848, at Woodstock, Oxford, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

HILLIER, William

HMS Nelson

P21, 10.1.1883 Extract from SA PG, 27.12.1882:

18yrs, 5’ 5", light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, tattooed on wrists.

HIMBROW George

HMS Nymphe

p7, 3.1.1877

Deserted from Sydney, on the 27th December, 1876. Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 4th March, 1848, at Hayfield, Somerset, 5’ 5½", light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

HINGST Heinrich Dellef

HIGMS Augusta

p298, 12.9.1877

Deserter from 22yrs, 5’ 4", fair hair, high forehead, blue eyes, usual nose and mouth, oval chin, long face, speaks German and English. £3 reward.

HINGSTON Thomas

HMS Emerald

p279, 3.8.1881

AB, 30yrs, 5’ 6", dark hair, dark eyes, brown complexion.

HINNEM, William

HMS Myrmidon

P51, 15.2.1888

Sydney: Deserted 8th February. Born at Newton Abbot, Devon, 23yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, ruddy complexion, tattooed on left arm.

HINRICHS Frerich

HIGMS Augusta

p291, 5.9.1877

23yrs, 5’ 6", dark hair, high forehead, grey eyes, good teeth, oval chin, slight figure; speaks German. £3 reward.

HINSTER, Charles

HMS Lizard

p418, 14.12.1892

Sydney, on the 8th December, 1892. Private, RMLI, born at London, about 30yrs, 5’ 6", light-brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

HIPPERLEY John

HMS Inconstant

p273, 27.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 20.7.1881:

Private, 22yrs, 5’ 7", light brown hair, blue eyes, two spots tattooed on left hand.

HIPPIRLEY John

HMS Inconstant

p282, 3.8.1881 Extract Vic. PG:

Deserter (Vide Vic. PG, 1881, p273). Arrested Sandhurst. ( See HIPPERLEY)

HITCHCOCK John

HMS Sandfly

p306, 4.10.1876

Ord., born at Wellington, in September, 1854, 5’ l½", black hair, dark eyes, anchor on back of right hand, ring on second finger. £3 reward.

HITCHINS, William

HMS Ringdove

p98, 17.3.1897

Stoker, born in Devon, England, about 23yrs, 5’ 8 3/4", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

HOBBINS William T.

HMS Pearl

p36, 2.2.1876 (Extract Vic. PG, 25.1.1876)

Stoker, native of Southsea, Hants, 19yrs , 5’ 5", dark hair, hazel eyes, yellow complexion. Discharged from the "Asia", on the 21st May, 1873.

HOBBS, George

HMS Royalist

p423, 8.12.1897

born at Plymouth, about 19yrs, 5’ 8½", brown hair, brown eyes, complexion; anchor on left forearm.

HOBBS, George. A.

HMS Miranda

p139, 4.4.1883

AB, born in London, 23yrs, 5’ 3", fair hair, blue eyes, scar on forehead.-

HOCKADAY Wm.

HMS Sapphire

p15, 9.1.1878

Deserted 4th January. OS, born at Tavistock, in 1859, 5’ 3", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, slight moustache and beard.

HOCKEDY, Alfred J.

HMS Orlando

p438, 27.12.1893

Sydney, on the 6th December, 1893. AB, born at Cornwall, 26yrs, 5’ 5", grey eyes, dark-brown hair, dark complexion.

HOCKEDY, Alfred J.

HMS Orlando

P8, 3.1.1894 Vide PG, 1893, p438:-

Deserter arrested Sydney Police.

HOCKING, William E.

HMS Torch

p138, 12.4.1899

AB, about 22yrs, 5’ 8", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, heart over dash over "W.E.H." tattooed right arm, scar under chin. £3 reward.

HODDER Jesse H.

HMS Pearl

p99, 31.3.1875 Vide PG, 1875, p86:-

Deserter arrested Sydney, and returned to ship.

HODDER Jesse Henry

HMS Pearl

p86, 24.3.1875

Deserted 17th March. Ord., about 5’ 6", slightly made; dressed in plain clothes, black hat, green necktie. £3 reward.

HODGES, John

HMS Lark

p488, 13.12.1882

AB, born Somerset, 22yrs, dark complexion, black hair and eyes.

HODGES, John

HMS Lark

P131, 28.3.1883

At Auckland, New Zealand, on the 26th January, 1883. AB, born in Somerset, 23yrs, 5’ 4", sallow complexion, black hair and eyes.

HODGES, Richard John

HMS Torch

p128, 13.4.1898

Deserter at Russell N.Z., on the 28th March, 1898. Ship’s steward, about 26yrs, 5’ 10", brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

HODGKISS, Charles

HMS Mohawk

p166, 2.5.1900

At Wellington, New Zealand, AB., born in England, about 23yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; clasped hands on right wrist, anchor on left forearm, heart and arrow on left wrist, ring on middle finger left hand.

HODGSON, Walter C.

HMS Nelson

p66, 3.3.1886 Extract NZ PG, 17.2.1886:

Is a native of Essex, 19yrs, 5’ 6" fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes; American crest on right forearm.

HOGG W.J.

HMS Sandfly

p28, 4.2.1874

Absent without leave from on the 27th January, 1874:-AB, 21yrs, 5’ 3", brown hair, brown eyes, born at Shoreditch, London, red marks on right shoulder, former ship Clio. £1 reward on apprehension.

HOGG William

HMS Sandfly

p188 , 1.7.1874

AB, born at London, aged 21 years 6 months, 5’ 3", brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, red marks on right shoulder; discharged from the ‘Clio", on the 30th May, 1873. £3 reward.

HOGG Wm. J.

HMS Sandfly

P11, 13.1.1875

Deserted 6th January. AB, born at Shoreditch, London, on the 5th January, 1853, 5’ 3", light-brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, red marks on right shoulder. £3 reward.

HOGGARTH, John

HMS Diamond

p246, 20.6.1883

Pte., RMLI, born in Yorkshire, 25yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

HOILE, William

HMS Clio

p230 , 28.8.1872

Deserted Sydney, on the 23rd August, 1872:Ord. 2nd class; born on the 30th November, 1853, at Kent; 5’ 6", dark hair, light blue eyes, big round face, curly hair.

HOLBUT, George

HMS Nelson

P150, 11.4.1883

Ord., born in Birmingham, 18yrs, 5’ 6", fair complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, scar over right eye, tattooed on back of left hand.

HOLDIN, James

HMS Paluma

p113, 14.4.1886

at Brisbane, on the 3rd April, 1886: Stoker, born at South Todden, Devon, 31yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion, whiskers and moustache, with straggling beard.

HOLLAND, James

HMS Nelson

P150, 11.4.1883

Ord., born in Buckingham, 21yrs, 5’ 5", fair complexion, light-brown hair and eyes, rose, cross, and flags tattooed on left fore arm, basket of flowers on chest.

HOLLINGS Ed.

HMS Barracouta

p212, 12.7.1876

Deserters from Sydney, on the 10th July, 1876:-AB, 30yrs , 5’ 5½", dark hair, dark eyes, dark complexion, full whiskers and moustache. £3 reward.

HOLLINGS Edward

HMS Barracouta

p364, 16.12 1874 Extract from SA PG, 2.12.1874

Deserted at Glenelg, AB, born at Surrey, in 1849, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.

HOLLOWAY Fred

HMS Nelson

pp462-3, 22.11.1882 (Extract Vic. PG, 15.11.1882)

Ord., born in 1862, native of Devonshire, 5’ 6", dark hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, bracelet on left wrist. . £1 reward.

HOLLOWAY, Geo.

HMS Clio

p131, 23.4.1873

Deserted 16th April. Ord., born on the 5th June, 1753, at Hants; 5’ 8", light brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

HOLMAN George

HMS Conflict

p98, 8.4.1874

Deserted 3rd April. Ord.S., born on the 10th June, 1853, at Ashton, Devon, 5’ 10Ό", brown hair, light grey eyes, fresh complexion; cut on little finger left hand. Former ship "Blanche". £3 reward.

HOLMAN George

HMS Conflict

p53 16.2.1876 Vide PG, 1874, p98:

Deserter Arrested Wombat Police, remanded to Sydney.

HOLMES William

HMS Alert

p140, 20.4.1881

Sydney: Deserted 13th April. Ord., born in Surrey, England, in September, 1858, 5’ 4", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

HOLMES, Frederick

HMS Wallaroo

p440, 6.12.1899

Pte., RMLI, born in England, about 19yrs, 5’ 9", brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion. Scar back of neck.

HOLMES, Wm.

HMS Blanche

p177 , 11.6.1873

Deserted 6th June. Stoker, 2nd class, born in September, 1843, in Ireland, 5’ 4", a very Irish accent. £3 reward.

HOLT, Richard

HMS Blanche

p177 , 11.6.1873

Deserted on the 5th June. Ord., born in August, 1853, in England, 5’ 7", light dark brown hair, hazel eyes, heavy beard, moustache, and whiskers ( black ), talks with hair, grey eyes, no hair on face. £3 reward.

HOLTBY William

HMS Pearl

p136, 13.5.1874

Private, R.M., born in Duff ield, York, on the 4th January, 1853, 5’ 5½", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

HONEY, Samuel

HMS Opal

p29, 26.1.1887

Sydney, on the 22nd January, 1887. Born in Devon, 23yrs, 5’ 3 ", brown eyes, fair hair, fair complexion.

HONEYBEN, Walter B.

HMS Orlando

p414, 1.12.1897

Stoker, born in Marshfield, about 22yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion.

HOOD Alfred

HMS Sandfly

P11, 13.1.1875

Deserted 9th January. AB, born at Bethal Green, London, on the 1st March, 1853, 5’ 3 ", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, anchor on left arm; former ship Clio. £3 reward.

HOOPER John

HMS Nymphe

p322, 4.9.1878

Wellington, New Zealand: Deserted 14th August. Ord seaman, born on the 26th March, 1859, at Stoke, Damerel, 5’ 8½", light hair, blue eyes, crooked nose, fair complexion. Tattoo marks on both wrists.

HOOPER John

HMS Emerald

p263, 14.7.1880

Ord., 24yrs, 5’ 1", brown hair, dark eyes, fresh complexion, crooked nose, tattooed on wrist.

HOOPER, C.

HMS Blanche

p127, 1.5.1872

2nd stoker, born on the 24th May, 1852, at Devon; 5’ 5", brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion.

HOOPER, C.

HMS Blanche

p131, 8.5.1872 Vide PG, 1872, p127:

Has returned to HMS "Blanche".

HOOPER, Chas.

HMS Blanche

p323, 4.12.1872

Stoker, born in England, on the 24th May, 1852, 5’ 6", brown hair, hazel eyes. £3 reward.

HOOPER, Hy. E.

HMS Cossack

P300 , 13.11.1872

AB, born at Devonport, on the 27th December, 1846; 5’ 6", light hair, dark eyes.

HOOPER, Orlando

HMS Curacoa

p227, 1.7.1891 Extract from the NZ PG, 17.6.1891:

at Lyttleton: (of armed crew), 12th instant, a native of Devon, 24yrs, 5’ 4", dark hair, blue eyes, dark complexion.

HOOPER, Richard

HMS Nelson

p363, 9.12.1885

Sydney, on the 2nd December, 1885. Warrant Officer’s cook, born at Hatherley, Devon, 29yrs, 5’ 1", dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

HOPE, Charles Richard

HMS Egeria

p63, 26.2.1890

Sydney, on the 2nd February, 1890. Born at Hexharn, Northumberland, 19yrs, 5’ 4", blue eyes, dark brown hair, fair complexion

HOPKINS George H.

HMS Inconstant

P269-270, 20.7.1881

Deserted 21st July. AB, 19yrs, 5’ 6", dark hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion.

HOPKINS William

HMS Carysfort

p272-3, 27.7.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 13.7.1881)

Deserted 5th July. Stoker, native of Preston, 19yrs, 5’ 3", black hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

HOPKINS, Reginald

HMS Katoomba

p375, 10.10.1900 Vide PG, 1900, p343:

Deserter arrested Sydney Water Police.

HOPKINS, Reginald Cecil

HMS Katoomba

p343, 19.9.1900

Ordinary, born in Nottingham, England, about 20yrs, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, scar of burn on abdomen.

HOPTON, John, W.

HMS Torch

p189, 1.6.1898

at Auckland, on the 30th April, 1898. Ord., born in Yorkshire, England, about 18yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

HORE John

HMS Emerald

p438, 24.11.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 17.11.1880)

Carpenter’s mate, 41yrs, 5’ ô", dark-brown hair, black eyes, dark complexion.

HORLEY William

HMS Wolverine

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Stoker, 23yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

HORNE Wm. H.

HMS Rosario

P111, l4.4.1875

Deserted 9th April. AB, born at Stockport, Lancashire, on the 3rd February, 1852, 5’ 4", light brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. Former ships Clio Blanche "Alacrity".

HORRIGAN Patrick

HMS Inconstant

p269-70, 27.7.1881

Deserted 22nd July. Ord., 21yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

HORRIGAN Patrick

HMS Inconstant

p281, 3.8.1881 Vide PG 1881

Deserter Arrested.

HORSMAN, Joseph

HMS Nelson

p189, 9.5.1883

Ord., born in York, 19yrs, 5’ 5", fair complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes.

HORTON Will.

HMS Pearl

p13, 12.1.1876

Deserted 7th January. Private, R.M., born on the 18th January, 1855, at Wycombe, Bucks, 5’ 6", light brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

HORTON, Alfred Robert

HMS Diamond

p338, 9.11.1887

Deserted 14th October. Born at Devonport, 25yrs, 5’ 5", hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion.

HORTON, Ed. L.

HMS Royalist

p433, 9.12.1896

Sydney, on the 26th November, 1896; AB, born at Wexford, Ireland, about 25yrs, 5’ 3", brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, scar on left thumb, tattooed anchor on right forearm, ship on chest. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

HORTON, Ed. L.

HMS Royalist

p54, 10.2.1897 Vide PG, 1896, p433.

Deserter arrested Sydney Water Police.

HORTON, Edward L.

HMS Katoomba

p256, 21.7.1897

AB, born at Wexford, Ireland, 26yrs, 5’ 3", hazel eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, scar on left thumb; anchor left forearm, ship on chest.

HOTTEN, William James

HMS Ringdove

p198, 31.5.1899

at Lyttleton, New Zealand, on the 26th April, 1899. Stoker, born in England, about 22yrs, 5’ 4 3/4", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

HOUGHTON, A.

HMS Basilisk

p211, 16.7.1873

Deserter 11th July, 1873. Ord., born at Hants on 25 June 1853, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion. £3 £1 reward.

HOWARD John

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 3rd February. AB, born in Cork, 24yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, light hair, blue eyes; cross and "J.H." tattooed on left arm.

HOWARD, Daniel

HMS Basilisk

p140, 15.5.1872

Ord. Seaman, born on the 16th March, 1852, at Lancashire; 5’, brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion.

HOWE Frederick

HMS Sappho

p143, 12.5.1875

Deserted 5th May. Ord., born in Suffolk, in 1856, 5’ 5", brown hair, hazel eyes, ruddy complexion. £3 reward.

HOWLETT John

HMS Miranda

p52, 9.2.1881

Native of Wymondham, Norfolk, Private of Marines, 22yrs, 5’ 7", dark-brown hair, brown eyes, and fresh complexion. £3 reward.