NEEDHAM Frederick

NEEDHAM Frederick

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 2nd February. Private, R.M.L.I., born in Manchester, 24yrs, 5’.

NELSON, William Henry

HMS Royalist

p142, 22.4.1891

Sydney, on the 12th April, 1891. Private, RMLI, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 29yrs, 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; scar on right knee.

NELSON, William Henry

HMS Nelson

p23, 21.1.1891

Sydney, on the 2nd January, 1891. Private, RMLI, born in Sheffield, England, 28yrs, 5’ 6 3/4", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh comp-lexion, scar on right knee. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

NIBLETT Henry

HMS Clio

p287, 1.10.1873

Deserted 29th September. Gunner,. born on the 8th June, 1846, at Isle of Wight, 5’ 11", dark hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion.

NORTON, Henry

HMS Cossack

p296, 6.11.1872

Private, born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on the 1st January, 1837; 5’ 6", light brown hair, blue eyes.

O’NEILL, James

HMS Diamond

P507, 27.12.1882

Deserted Sydney, on the 13th December, 1882. Pte., RMLI, born in Belfast, 19yrs, 5’ 6½", fresh complexion, light-brown hair, blue eyes. £3 reward for each of above, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

O’SHAUGHNESSY Patrick

SS Hankow

p65, 28.2.1877

Deserted 23rd February. Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 17th August, 1841, at Galway, Ireland, 5’ 6", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion; mole on left eye lid. £1 reward.

OLIVER Samuel

HMS Inconstant

p219, 15.6.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 8.6.1881

Private, 34yrs, 5’ 8½", native of Derby, dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

OLIVER Samuel

HMS Inconstant

P258, 20.7.1881

Private, R.M.L.I. No further description furnished.

ORTON John

HMS Cleopatra

p246, 6.7.1881

Gunner, R.M.A., 5’ 10", light-brown hair, blue eyes, sallow complexion, scar back of left arm. £3 reward.

OSBORNE William

HMS Clio

p267, 10.9.1873

Deserted 5th September. Private, born on the 3rd February, 1834, at Worcester, 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

OSBORNE, William

HMS Rosario

p9, 11.1.1871

On January 6th. Private, R.M.L.I, born on the 23rd February, 1845, at Crowan, Worcester, 5’ 7½", light hair, blue eyes. £3 reward.

OSBORNE, Wm.

HMS Clio

p157 , 21.5.1873

Private, born in 1840, at Portsmouth; 5’ 8", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

OVEL, John

HMS Orlando

p414, 1.12.1897

Private, born at Royston, Hertfordshire, about 29yrs, 5’ 8 9/10", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, scars on stomach, chest, and knees.

PAGE George

HMS Nelson

p406, 18.10.1882

Pte. R.M.L.I, born in London, 25yrs, 5’ 7", dark complexion, brown hair and eyes. Deserted 9th October.

PAGE George

HMS Wolverine

p402, 9.11.1881

Bandsman, born in Middlesex, 18yrs, 5’ 4½", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

PALMER William

HMS Diamond

p353, 13.9.1882

Deserted 6th September. Private, R.M.L.I., born in Kent, 32yrs, 5’ 8", fresh complexion, light-brown hair, blue eyes.

PARFETT, George

HMS Nelson

p143, 13.5.1885

Private, RMLI, born at Andover, Hants, 27yrs, 5’ 3 3/4", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

PARKES James Robert

HMS Nelson

p324, 10.8.1882 (Extract NZ PG, 26.7.1882

A native of Grantham, R.M.L.I., 24yrs, 5’ 6½", stout build, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, inclined to be deaf. £3 reward.

PARRY, Alfred, L.

HMS Diana

p181, 9.5.1900

Private, RMLI, born in London, about 27yrs, 5’ 6", black hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion.

PERKINS John

HMS Pearl

p146, 20.5.1874

Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 10th January, 1837, at Tiverton, Somerset, 5’ 11", dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, sun burnt complexion. £3 reward.

PERKS, Arthur R.

HMS Wallaroo

P160, 5.5.1897

Deserted 17th April. Pte., born in London, about 23yrs, 5’ 7 2/10", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on back of left hand.

PERRY, Walter

HMS Diamond

p271, 11.7.1883

Deserted 4th July. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Hants, 25yrs, 5’ 7½", fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

PHARE, Henry

HMS Goldfinch

P108, 18.3.1896

Sydney, on the 6th March, 1896. Private, RMLI., born in Chatham, England, about 20yrs, 5’ 8", dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

PIKE John

HMS Miranda

p251, 13.7.1881

Deserted 9th July. Private, R.M.L.I., born at Totnes, England, in 1859, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, scar left eye and inner side of right knee.

PIKROT Albert

HMS Inconstant

p230, 22.6.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 15.6.1881)

Bandsman, 38yrs, 6’, brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

PINN, Arthur F.

HMS Orlando

p320, 15.9.1897

Private, RMLI, born at Kennington, London, about 23yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, tattooed dot left forearm, mole right cheek.

PINNEN, John

HMS Nelson

p390, 10.10.1883

Deserted 28th September. Gunner, R.M.A., 5’ 8", fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, hazel eyes.

PLASGOOD, Thomas

HMS Penguin

P108, 18.3.1896

Sydney, on the 12th March, 1896. Private, RMLI, born at Yorkshire, England, about 29yrs, 5’ 8½", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion, tattoo marks "2T" and dot on left forearm, seven dots on back of left hand.

POPE Benjamin T.

HMS Sapphire

p32, 22.1.1879

Sydney, on the 15th January. Drummer, born in 1859, at Stonehouse, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, no hair on face. £3 reward. Admiralty.

POTTER Thomas

HMS Wolverine

p430, 17.11.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 10.11.1880)

at Hobson’s Bay, on the 28th ultimo and 3rd instant: Gunner, native of Glasgow, 28yrs, 5’ 8", dark-brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward

POWELL David

HMS Wolverine

p251, 13.7.1881

Deserted 6th July. Private, R.M., born in Carmarthen, Wales, in 1853, 5’ 7Ό", brown hair, dark brown eyes, sallow complexion, lost fleshy part of top of second finger of right hand.

POWELL David

HMS Wolverine

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

Private, native of Carmarthen, 27yrs, 5’ 7Ύ", dark brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, lost part of second finger, right hand. £1 reward.

PRESTON George

HMS Wolverine

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

Private, native of Oxford, 26yrs, 5’ 7 3/4", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

PRICE, Charles E.A.A.

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882:

Gunner, R.M.A., born in 1857, in Monmouthshire, 6’ 1", brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

PRICE, George

HMS Wolverine

p478, 6.12.1882

Deserted 29th November. Private, RMLI, born in Newport, 22yrs, 5’ 7", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

PRITCHARD Arthur

HMS Miranda

p394, 11.10.1882

Pte. R.M.L.I., born in Derby, 23yrs, 5’ 6", fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, grey eyes.

PRYCE Richard Jno.

HMS Pearl

p355, 9.12.1874

Private, R.M.L.I., born at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 18th April, 1853, 5’ 6½", brown hair and eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

PUGH, William

HMS Orlando

p414, 1.12.1897

Private, born at Shrewsbury, about 25yrs, 5’ 3", black hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

PUTT, Saml.

HMS Blanche

p203, 9.7.1873

Private, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, dark eyes, about ten days growth of hair on face, except moustache. £3 reward.

RAFFERTY, Bernard

USS St. Mary’s (3rd rate)

p314 , 29.11.1871

RM, enlisted on the 28th March, 1870, at Mare Island, California, term expires 27th March, 1874; born in New York, 25yrs, grey eyes, light brown hair, florid complexion, 5’ 10"; deserted 22nd November, 1871.

RAFFERTY, Daniel

HMS Diamond

P18, 10.1.1883

Gunner, R.M.A., born in Devon, 28yrs, 5ft 9", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

REDMAN, Christopher

HMS Opal

p270, 9.9.1885

Private, RMLI, born at Harnley, Lancashire, 22yrs, 5’ 1", brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, slight scar over left eyebrow.

REED Samuel

HMS Wolverine

P16, 11.1.1882

Deserted 6th January. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Hereford, 30yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

REED Samuel

HMS Wolverine

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

Gunner, R.M.A., native of Hereford, 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, and fresh complexion. £1 reward.

REED Samuel

HMS Nelson

p353, 13.9.1882

Deserted 8th September. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Herts, 31yrs, 5’ 8", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

REES William

HMS Emerald

P177, 12.5.1880

Deserter from Sydney, on the 7th May, 1880. Private, R.M.L.I., born in September, 1855, at Bridgend, Glamorgan; 5’ 6", dark brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward. Plus £5 NSW.

REMMELT, John

HMS Europa

p268, 18.7.1900

Sydney, on the 9th July, 1900. Private, born in Gloucester, England, about 24yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, small mole on left thigh.

REYNOLDS, E.

HMS Diamond

p271, 11.7.1883

Deserted 9th July. Pte. RMLI, born in Northampton, 23yrs, 5’ 7", dark complexion, dark-brown hair, brown eyes.

RICHMOND, Andrew

HMS Diamond

P18, 10.1.1883

Pt., RMLI, born in Dumfermlime, 21yrs, 5’ 6 3/8", fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

RIGG, John

HMS Clio

p16 , 8.1.1873

Gunner, R.M.A., 25yrs, 5’ ll", dark brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion; a native of Yorkshire. £3 reward.

RILEY, John

USS St. Mary’s (3rd rate)

p314 , 29.11.1871

Pte. Marine, enlisted on the 15th August, 1870, at Mare Island, California; born in Ireland, 25yrs, blue eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion, 5’ 6½", deserted 17th November, 1871.

RILEY, William

HMS Diamond

p203, 14.5.1884

Deserted 2nd May. Gunner, R.M.A., born in Manchester, 24yrs, 5’ 10 3/4", light-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

RILEY, Wm.

HMS Diamond

P18, 10.1.1883

Gunner, R.M.A., 28yrs, 5’ 10 3/4", fresh complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes.

ROADS, Thomas

HMS Nelson

p390, 10.10.1883

Gunner, R.M.A., born in Canada, 26yrs, 5’ 8", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

ROBERTS, Wm. H.

HMS Miranda

p239, 12.8.1885

Sydney, on the 5th August, 1885: - , RMLI, born at Bristol. Gloucester, 5’ 6", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, flags and sails of ships tattooed on breast, anchor and "Lowe" on left forearm, heart on right arm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 051.

ROBERTSON, John

HMS Lizard

p335, 25.9.1895

Sydney, on the 15th September, 1895. Private, R.M., born at Tranefit, Midlothian, Scotland, about 21yrs, 5’ 7½", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

ROBERTSON, John T.

HMS Orlando

P16, 12.1.1898

Deserted 5th January. Private, born in Buckhaven, England, about 24yrs, 5’ 5½ ", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

ROBINSON Charles

HMS Pearl

p10, 13.1.1875

Deserted 6th January. Pte., R.M.L.I., born at Richmond, Surrey, on the 6th April, 1850, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

ROBINSON Chas.

HMS Pearl

p194, 8.7.1874

Deserted 4th July. Private, R.M., born at Richmond, Surrey, on the 20th October, 1851, 5’ 5Ό", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. £1 l0s. reward.

ROUSE Henry

HMS Pearl

p318, 3.11.1875

Deserter HMS Pearl Sydney, on the 27th October, 1875: Private, R.M.L.I., born at Moreton in Marsh, Shipton, Gloucestershire, 23yrs, 5’ 6", dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. £3 reward.

ROUSE Henry

HMS Pearl

p341, 24.11.1875

From, Sydney, on the 19th November, 1875:-Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 11th December, 1852, at Morton-in-the-March, Gloucester, 5’ 5Ό", brown hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion. £3 reward.

ROWE John

HMS Sapphire

p63, 1.3.1876

Private, R.M.L.I., born in 1856, at Wellington, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.

ROWE William

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 2nd February. Private, R.M.L.I., born in County Cork, 30yrs, 5’ 6½", fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

ROWLAND Francis

HMS Inconstant

p269-70, 27.7.1881

Deserted 20th July. Private, R.M.L.I., 26yrs, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

RUSSELL William

HMS Cleopatra

P289, 10.8.1881

Private, 34yrs, 5’ 7", light brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

RYAN James

HMS Bacchante

p253, 13.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 6.7.1881

Bandsman, native of London, 25yrs, 5’ 6", black hair, blue eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.