SALLIS Fred

SALLIS Fred.

HMS Clio

p276, 17.9.1873

Deserted 12th September. Gunner, R.M.A., born on the 6th October, 1850, at Worcester, 5’9", red hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

SAMPSON Henry

HMS Sapphire

p63, 1.3.1876

Private, R.M.L.I., born in 1849, at Handleigh, 5’ 6", light brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion. £3 reward.

SCAIFE Chas.

HMS Sappho

p328, 11.9.1878

Deserted 4th September. Gunner, R.M.A., born in 1848, in England, 5’ 7", auburn hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

SEAMAN James

HMS Miranda

p52, 9.2.1881

Native of Ashbroking, Suffolk, Private Royal Marines, 22yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, and fresh complexion. £3 reward.

SEMPLE William

HMS Nelson

p394, 11.10.1882

Pte. R.M.L.I., born in Glasgow, 30yrs, 5’ 6 3/4", fair complexion, fair hair, blue eyes.

SEMPLE, William

HMS Miranda

p157, 18.4.1883

Deserted 13th April. Pt. RMLI, born in Glasgow, 30yrs, 5’ 7", fair complexion and hair, blue eyes.

SEMPLE, William

HMS Nelson

p336, 29.8.1883

Private, R.M.L.I, born in Glasgow, 31yrs, 5’ 6 3/4", fair complexion, fair hair, blue eyes.

SEXTON Arthur

HMS Cormorant

p17, 8.1.1879

Deserted 6th January, 1879. Private, born on the 6th April, 1844, at Norfolk, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

SHAW Walter

HMS Nelson

p353, 13.9.1882

Deserted 5th September. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Lancashire, 22yrs, 5’ 8", sallow complexion, dark-brown hair, and brown eyes.

SHELDON, Richard

HMS Wolverine

p478, 6.12.1882

Private, RMLI, born in Walsall, 29yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, high, dark hair, grey eyes, scar on left shoulder blade; dressed in grey suit, fur cap, and elastic side boots. Left Sydney by 9am train, 30 ultimo. This offender is also charged with larceny.

SHERMAN, Albert Ernest

HMS Ringarooma

p22l, 28.6.1893

at Adelaide, on the 17th June, 1893. Gunner, 28yrs, 5’ 8", blue eyes, light-brown hair, fair complexion, cut mark above left eye, a native of London. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 SA.

SIMCOCK, Fred.

HMS Orlando

p414, 1.12.1897

Private, born in Macclesfield, about 26yrs, 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

SIMMONDS, James

HMS Cossack

p105, 10.4.1872

on the 3rd and 5th April, 1872: Private, R.M.L.I, born on the 19th June, 1849, at Windsor, Berkshire; 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

SIMMONDS, James

HMS Cossack

p114, 17.4.1872

Private, R.M.L.I, born on the 19th June, 1849, at Windsor; 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

SIMONS John

HMS Wolverine

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Private, 27yrs, 5’ 6", sandy hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

SIMPSON, John

HMS Espiegle

p433, 14.11.1883

Deserted 12th November. Private, RMLI, born in Ireland, 21yrs, 5’, dark complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward each, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

SLATER, John

HMS Miranda

P429, 29.10.1884

Private, RMLI. Born in Leeds , Yorkshire, 20yrs, 5’ 7", light-brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

SMITH John

HMS Nelson

p286, 19.7.1882 (Extract NZ PG, 28.6.1882

A native of London, Private, Royal Marines, 24yrs, 5’ 7", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

SMITH Joseph

HMS Nelson

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

Private, R.M.L.I., born in 1849, a native of Birmingham, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, pock-pitted. £1 reward.

SMITH, George

HMS Basilisk

p5, 3.1.1872

Private, born at Great Lees, Chelmsford, on the 31st January, 1846, 5’ 5", light hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

SMITH, Thomas

HMS Pylades

p188, 22.5.1895

at Auckland. Private, R.M.S., 29yrs, 5’ 5", dark brown hair, grey eyes with a patch of brown left eye, fresh complexion, scar on left knee; an Englishman. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

SMITH, William

HMS Waterwitch

P108, 18.3.1896

Private, RMLI, born in Gosport, Hants, England, about 24yrs, 5’ 9", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

SPEARMAN, Frederick J.

HMS Lizard

P57, 17.2.1892

Sydney, on the 8th February, 1892. Private, RMLI, born at London, 29yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, tattoo spot on left forearm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

SQUIRE Humphrey

HMS Emerald

p140, 20.4.1881

Sydney, on the 15th April, 1881: Musician, born in 1854, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

STATON Joseph

HMS Pearl

p71, 10.3.1875

Private, R.M., born on the 15th July, 1853, at Manchester, 5’, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

STEPHENS, Charles

HMS Espiegle

p379, 10.9.1884

Sydney, on the 6th September, 1884. Private, born at Bochin, Cornwall. 23yrs, 5’ 6", black hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

STEVENS Reuben

HMS Wolverine

p132, 13.4.1881

Deserted 6th April. R.M.L.I., born at Cheltenham, England, in May, 1859, 5’ 6", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion.

STEWART Archd.

HMS Wolverine

p4, 2.1.1878

From Sydney, on the 2nd January, 1878. Gunner, R.M.A., born on the 21st February, 1848, at Huddersfield, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, a very thick and short beard. Supposed to have gone to Newcastle on the night of the 1st instant. £3 reward.

STOKES, Walter

HMS Katoomba

p178, 18.5.1898

Sydney: Deserted 4th May. Private, Rag. No. Chatham, 182, born in England, about 28yrs, 5’ 7 2/10", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, scar over left eye.

STOTHERT

Coldat

p108, 29.3.1893

A description of Private. A deserter HM Service, about 28 years 5 months old, 5’ 7", coarse complexion, black hair, dark grey eyes, scar on right hand, left thumb, and right forearm. Sailed from Colombo per "Coldat" for Adelaide.

STRIDE, Herbert

HMS Karrakatta

p103, 14.3.1900

Sydney, on the 11th March, 1900. Private, RMLI, born in Eng-land, about 35yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, dark-brown eyes, fresh complexion, small scar above inner end of each eyebrow, mole right of lower part of back.

STUBBINGS Thos.

HMS Pearl

p13, 12.1.1876

Deserted 6th January. Private, R.M., born in November, 1850, at London, 5’ 7", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

STUNDHAFT Frederick P.

HMS Nelson

p31, 25.1.1882

Deserted 19th January. Bandsman, born in Liverpool, 29yrs, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, fair complexion, hazel eyes; scar on left shin. This man is also charged with stealing.

SUMMERS William

HMS Bacchante

p253, 13.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 6.7.1881

Bandsman, native of London, 25yrs, 5’ 9", black hair, dark eyes, pale complexion. £3 reward.

SUMMERS William

HMS Bacchante

p282, 3.8.1881

Bandsman, plays the clarinet, native of Plastow, Sussex, 25yrs, 5’ 10", black hair, dark eyes, ruddy complexion, has whiskers and moustache, well set, slight build, quiet manner, and looks as if he had served as a soldier. Summers a B flat clarinet, value £10 10s., dealer’s name, Chappell, New Bond street London.

TAYLOR Joseph

HMS Danae

p263, 9.7.1879

Deserted 6th July. Gunner, R.M.A., born in August, 1846, in Ireland, 5’ 8", brown eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

TAYLOR Joseph

HMS Danae

p407, 5.11.1879

Deserted 27th October. Gunner, R.M.A., born on the 17th October, 1846, at St. John’s, Kilkenny, Ireland, 5’ 8", brown hair, light hazel eyes, fair complexion. £3 rwd.

TAYLOR Joseph

HMS Danae

p403, 29.10.1879

Gunner, R.M.A., born on the 17th September, 1846, at St. John’s, Kilkenny, Ireland, 5’ 8 ", brown hair, light hazel eyes, sallow complexion. £1 reward.

TAYLOR Mathew

HMS Miranda

p140, 20.4.1881

R.M.L.I., born in Plymouth, England, in 1859, 5’ 11", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

TAYLOR, Charles

HMS Nelson

p253 18.8.1886 (Extract Qld PG, 7.8.1886)

at Moreton Bay, Brisbane, on the 25th ultimo Gunner, R.M.A., a native of Bristol, Gloucester, 24yrs, 5’ 7½", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, flag tattooed on right arm. £3 reward.

TEED George

HMS Miranda

p251, 13.7.1881

Deserted 9th July. Private, R.M.L.I., born at Exwick, England, in 1860, 5’ 10", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

THATCHER George

HMS Nelson

p406, 18.10.1882

Bandsman, born in Berks, 20yrs, 5’ 3", fair complexion, dark-brown hair, grey eyes. Deserted 12th October.

THOMAS Thomas W.

HMS Inconstant

p269-70, 27.7.1881

Deserted 21st July. Private, R.M.L.I., 21yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

THOMSON, Thomas

HMS Royalist

p13, 13.1.1897

Sydney, on the 1st January, 1897. Pte., born at North Berwick, Haddington, Scotland, about 26yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

THORNE, Thomas

HMS Clio

p133, 17.5.1871

Deserted Sydney, on the 17th May, 1871:Private Royal Marines, born at Sherborne, Ibrset, on the 20th October, 1839, 5’ 7", sandy hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Reward: £3; £2; £1; 0.

THORNE, William

HMS Miranda

P131, 28.3.1883

From Sydney, on the 22nd March, 1883. Pte. RMLI, born in Somerset, 30yrs, 5’ 4", fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

TIBBALLS, James Harry

HMS Royalist

pp46-7 1.2.1899 (Extract from NZ PG, 18.1.1899

Deserted 4th January. Private, RMLI, born at Westminster, 25yrs, 5’ 6 6/10", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar in corner of left eye, three dots tattooed on left arm.

TIBBALLS, James Henry

HMS Royalist

p44, 3.2.1897

Private, RMLI, born at Westminster, London, about 22yrs, 5’ 6 6/10", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on outside right eye, three dots tattooed on left forearm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

TIBBALLS, James Hy.

HMS Royalist

p27, 18.1.1899

Pte., born in England, about 25yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on outer corner left eye, three dots tattooed on left forearm.

TINDALL James

HMS Sapphire

p413, 19.12.1877

From Sydney, on the 14th December, 1877. Private, R.M.L.I., born at Stonehaven, in 1855, 5’ 7", dark brown hair, short whiskers, beard and moustache, hazel eyes, dark complexion. £1 reward.

TINDALL James

HMS Sapphire

p423, 26.12.1877

From Sydney, on the 14th December, 1877. Private, R.M.L.I., born at Stonehaven, in 1855, 5’ 7", dark complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, short beard, moustache and whiskers. £3. Admiralty.

TOMLINSON John

HMS Renard

p333, 17.11.1875

Deserter from Sydney, on the 10th November, 1875:-Private, R.M.L.I., born in 1843, at East Retford, Nottingham, England, 5’ 6 1/3", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on ball of left thumb. £1 reward.

TOMLINSON, Robert

HMS Blanche

p200, 26.7.1871

Deserted 22.7.1871: Private, R.M.L.I, born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, on the 7th August, 1845, 5’ 8", light brown hair, blue eyes. £3 reward.

TRIGG, William

HMS Clio

p336, 20.12.1871 Extract from Vic P.G,12.12.1871

Private, Royal Marines, born November, 1843, at Lincoln, 5’ 6", dark hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion. £1 reward.

TURNER, Samuel

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882 Extracts from Vic PG, 22.11.1882:

Deserted 17th November. Gunner, born in 1852, in Wilts, 5’ 8 1/8", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

TURNER, Samuel

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882:

Gunner, R.M.A., born in 1852, in Wilts, 5’ 8", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

VIVASH, James

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882 Extracts from Vic PG, 22.11.1882:

Deserted 17th November. Private, R.M., born in 1859, in Kent, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

WALDOE Robert B.

HMS Clio

p267, 10.9.1873

Deserted 3rd September. Bandsman, born on the 25th May, 1849, at Stonehouse, Devon, 5’ 6", black hair, brown eyes, wound on right arm, sallow complexion. -

WALDRON, William H.

HMS Nelson

p390, 10.10.1883

Deserted 4th Oct, Gunner RMA, 5' 10", pale complexion, light brown hair, brown eyes.

WALL John

HMS Alacrity

p59, 23.2.1876

From Sydney, on the 18th February, 1876:- Private, R.M.L.I., born at Wickham, Canterbury, Kent, on the 16th April, 1852, 5’ 6½", light-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

WALL John

HMS Pearl

P269, 15.9.1875

Private R.M.L.I., born on the 16th April, 1852, at Canterbury, Kent, 5’ 5", light-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

WALSH, John

USS St. Mary’s (3rd rate)

p314 , 29.11.1871

Private Royal Marines, enlisted on the 15th August, 1870, at Mare Island, California; born in Ireland, 30yrs, blue eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion, 5’ 8½", deserted 17th November, 1871.

WALSH, Michael

HMS Nelson

p390, 10.10.1883

Deserted 27th September. Pte. RMLI, 24yrs, 5’ 7", sallow complexion, dark hair, dark eyes.

WARD Frederick

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 3rd February. Private, R.M.L.I., born in London, 22yrs, 5’ 7", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes; tattooed on both arms.

WARD James

HMS Diamond

p375, 27.9.1882

Deserted 3rd September. Private, R.M.L.I., born in Herts, 21yrs, 5’ 10", fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

WARD, Fred

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882 Extracts from Vic PG, 22.11.1882:

Deserted 13th Nov, Private RM, born in 1860, in London, 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, tattooed on both arms. £3 reward.

WARD, John

HMS Cossack

p105, 10.4.1872

Private, R.M.L.I, born on the 5th December, 1841, at Halsted, Essex; 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

WARNE, W. C.

HMS Miranda

P11, 9.1.1884

Private, RMLI, born in Devonport, 21yrs, 5’, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

WARR George W.

HMS Nelson

p190, 17.5.1882

Deserted 13th May. Pte., RMLI, born in London, 22yrs, 5’ 6½", fresh complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes.

WATSON William

HMS Cleopatra

P258, 20.7.1881

Private, R.M.L.I., born in Forfar, in 1857, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

WATTS James

HMS Wolverine

P258, 20.7.1881

Deserted 6th July. Private, R.M., born in Kent, England, in 1856, 5’ 5", auburn hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

WELCH, George W.

HMS Wallaroo

pl60, 5.5.1897

Deserted 20th April. Pte., RMLI, born in Shepton, Somerset, England, about 27yrs, 5’ 6", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

WELSH, George W.

HMS Wallaroo

p280, 7.8.1895

Sydney, on the 22nd July, 1895. Private, RMLI, born in England, about 26yrs, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

WENMAN, Joseph

HMS Tauranga

p375, 2.11.1898

Private, RMLI, born in London, 25yrs, 5’ 6", grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

WHITE, John

HMS Nelson

p189, 9.5.1883

RMLI, born in Lincoln, 26yrs, 5’ 6 3/8", fresh complexion, black hair, brown eyes, mole on left forearm.

WHITEHEAD William

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 3rd February. Bandsman, born in Lancashire, 20yrs, 5’ 4½", fair complexion, Light-brown hair, light-blue eyes, cut under chin.

WIGNALL Corporal

SS Hankow

p413, 19.12.1877

From the Circular Quay, on the 15th instant. Of the 6th Company of Royal Engineers. 25yrs 1 month old, 5’ 10", fresh complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, dressed in black serge frock and blue tartan trousers; a native of Stratford, Essex, England; a carpenter.

WILKS James

HMS Clio

p287, 1.10.1873

Deserted 29th September. Private, born on the 12th October, 1841, at Essex, 5’ 7", brown hair, hazel eyes, swarthy complexion.

WILLIAMS, John

HMS Curacoa

p43, 31.1.1894

at Lyttleton, New Zealand, on the 5th January, 1894. Private, R.M.L.I born at Llanover, Abergaveny, Monmouthshire, about 29yrs, 5’ 6 3/4", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

WILSON Robert

HMS Sapphire

P267, 15.8.1877

Private, born at Bradford, in 1854, 5’ 8", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

WOOD Thomas

HMS Inconstant

p229-30, 22.6.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 15.6.1881)

Private, 27yrs, 5’ 5Ό", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 rwd

WOODS, Alic.

HMS Blanche

p189 , 14.7.1871

Deserted 11th July, 1871:Gunner, R.M.A, born at Clipstone, Monmouth, on the 28th February, 1841, 5’ 11", dark brown hair, blue eyes. Former ships "Terror", "Challenger", Rosario. £3 reward.

WOOFFIT Walter

HMS Diamond

p375, 27.9.1882

Deserted 20th September. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Sheffield, 23yrs, 5’ 9", fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

WRIGHT, Leonard

HMS Basilisk

p105, 10.4.1872

Private, R.M.L.I, born on the 3rd June, 1841, at Derby; 5’ 4", brown hair, grey eyes, scar on right fore arm, and three on right leg.

YATES Harry Edward John

HMS Bacchante

p282, 3.8.1881

Bandsman, plays the cornet, native of Charlestown, Cornwall, 29yrs, 5’9", black hair, whiskers, and moustache, hazel eyes, squints slightly, fresh complexion, anchor and star tattooed on back of left hand; has a habit of almost continually stroking his moustache, smart looking and well built. Yates has a cornet with him, value £9 9s. make "Antonio Courtois".

YOUNG Benjamin

HMS Wolverine

p430, 17.11.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 10.11.1880)

Bandsman, Londoner, 22yrs, 5’ 3", light-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.