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DESERTER SHIP SOURCE DETAILS

ACTON, J.

HMS Phoebe

15.12.1869 p392

a Dundee man, aged 21, 5’ 9”, dark hair and eyes.

AGHAN, Patrick

HMS Charybdis

11.3.1868 p78

private Royal Marines, born 1842, 5’ 6�”, black hair, brown eyes, dark complexion.

AGNEW, Adam

HMS Herald

20 July 1858 P1135

23yrs, 5’7”, fresh complexion, sandy hair, grey eyes, scar on each side of forehead.

AIRS, Charles

HMS Liverpool

Victoria P.G, 14.12.1869

An Isle of Wight man, aged 21, 5' 5�”, dark brown hair, light blue eyes, dark complexion.

ALDRIDGE, Thomas

HMS Salamander

26.7.1865 p269

on 16th July, 1865, 1st class boy, 5' 5�", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, no marks; born at Fareham, Hants, 21st July, 1847.

ALLDRIDGE, George S.

HMS Falcon

Victorian P.G. 11.5.1865:

Deserted at Hobson' s Bay on the 6th May 1865, 19yrs, 5' 7", fair complexion, black hair, and hazel eyes.

ALLEN, Frederick

HMS Salamander

15.3.1865 p97

on the 12th November, 1864, OS, born 28th November, 1845, 5' 6", brown hair, blue eyes, ring tattooed round right wrist, face pitted with small pox, fair complexion.

ALLEN, Roger

HMS Liverpool

15.12.1869 p392

Private RM, English, aged 20, 5’ 7”, light brown hair, light eyes. �1 reward.

ALLEN, Thomas

HMS Salamander

19.12.1866 p444

12th December, 1866, born 1838, at Dundee, 5' 7", light brown hair, hazel eyes; crucifix on right arm, fresh complexion. �1 reward.

ALLEN, William

HMS Charybdis

27.5.1868 p163

sail’s crew, born at Oxford, Oxfordshire, on the 3rd March, 1743, 5’ 5”, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

ALLOWAY, Albert

HMS Challenger

14.10.1868 p301

On 8th October, boy, 1st class, born 2nd February, 1851, 5’ 3”, brown hair, hazel eyes; former ship, “Victory”.

ALOER, Isaac

HMS Galatea

Victoria P.G, 4.3.1869 p86

(sic AlGER), leading stoker, aged 24, 5’ 8”, brown hair, hazel eyes. �1 reward.

AMBROSE, Thomas

HMS Orpheus

24 Dec 1862 p266

captain maintop, 25yrs, 5' 4�", light brown hair, grey eyes, sunburnt complexion, scar on upper lip; native of Waterford Ireland.

ANDERSON, Charles

HMS Iris

11 Oct 1858 P1647

OS, 21yrs, 5’6”, light hair, blue eyes; of Tewkesbury, Gloucester; first entry.

ANDERSON, L.

HMS Megaera

15Apr, 1858 P657

Deserted at Sydney, AB, 24yrs, 5’8”, brown hair, grey eyes, of Belfast, Powerful.

ANDREWS, John

HMS Iris

31 May 1859 p1204

Private RM, 38yrs, 5’ 9”, dark hair, hazel eyes; of Manchester, former ship Nankin

ANSON, John

HMS Samarang

2 Jan 1813

Deserted at Sydney, 23yrs, 5’6”, dark, brown hair, blue eyes, wounded on calf right leg, formerly belonging to the ship Minstrel.

ANTHONY, John

HMS Pelorus

7.5.1862 p60

Quartermaster, 40yrs, 5' 5", dark hair, blue eyes, banners of war and mermaid on right arm, man and woman on left; native of Devonshire.

ARCHIBALD, John

HMS Scylla

15.12.1869 p392

English, aged 17, 5’ 5”, light brown hair, grey eyes.

ARNAUD, Jean

Forfait, French ship of war

17.2.1869 p49

seaman, born in 1848, 5’ 8”, brown hair, chestnut eyes, ordinary nose, medium mouth, oval visage. �2 reward.

ASHWEEK, Edward

HMS Iris

29 Aug 1859 p1907

Private RM, 19yrs, 5’ 9”, of Plymouth

ATKINS, Henry

HMS Iris

16 July 1857 P1437

Carpenter, 23yrs, 5’7”, brown hair, blue eyes.

ATKINS, William

HMS Niger

1 Sept 1859 P1942

Quartermaster, 40yrs, 5’6”, dark hair, grey eyes; of Walmer, Kent; burn scars on face, arms.

ATKINSON, Matthew

HMS Miranda

18 Apr 1861 P866

stoker, 25yrs, 5’9”, brown hair, hazel eyes; deserted on 15 Apr 1861; of Shirtley Bridge, Durham. Former ship Cumberland.

ATWELL, James

HMS Clio

28.9.1870 p267

On September 21st. Boy, 1st class, born on the 29th March, 1853, at London; 5’ 2�”, brown hair, blue eyes, sallow complexion. �3 reward.

ATWOOD, George

HMS Iris

16 July 1857 P1437

AB, 22yrs, 5’6”, light brown hair, blue eyes.

AYLING, Alfred

HMS Challenger

29.12.1869 p405

On the 23rd December. Ordinary seaman, born at Regale, Sussex, on the 28th March, 1849, 5’ 7”, black hair, grey eyes, former ship “St. Vincent”. �1 reward.

AYRES, Aaron

HMS Iris

5 Nov 1857 P2122

OS, 21yrs , 5’8” , brown hair , grey eyes, of London.

AYRES, Thomas

HMS Rosario

10.3.1869 p13

private R.M.L.I, born 8th February, 1843, at Burnhamthorpe, Norfolk, 5’ 7�”, brown hair, hazel eyes. �3 reward.