DESERTERS FROM H M SERVICE

DESERTERS FROM H M SERVICE

From SA Police Gazettes 1881

Also includes deserters from the NSW Police Gazettes and Victorian Police Gazettes,

published in the SA issues

SURNAME	CHRISTIAN	INFORMATION – full description of deserters not shown here, deserter from H.M.S ship:-	GAZETTE DATED
adams	wm. j	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay,	22 Jun 1881
ahearn	john	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born London age 26	10 Aug 1881
allen	john	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Plymouth, England, age 28	2 Mar 1881
anglim	john	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 23	27 Jul 1881
ansell	william e	Dance, at Sydney, Dec 1880, born 1857 at St Peters, Derby	12 Jan 1881
ansell	george	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Salop age 28	10 Aug 1881
antrobus	abraham	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Chester, age 20 arrested Ballarat Police	13 July 1881 27 Jul 1881
arnold	thomas	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 17	27 Jul 1881
aunison	frederick	Cleopatra at Hobson’s Bay, Londoner, age 21	20 Jul 1881
avery	george	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 21, born Hampshire, England	22 Jun 1881
baggs	william	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 30	27 Jul 1881
baker	thomas	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Gosport, England 1859 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
baker	james	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born London, age 21	22 Jun 1881
baker	james	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 21	22 Jun 1881
balls	john w	Carysfort, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
barkley	henry	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Marston, age 24	24 Aug 1881
beatty	samuel	Cleopatra, at Sydney born Monaghan, Ireland in 1862	3 Aug 1881
beck	frank	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 26	22 Jun 1881
bee	william	Alert, at Sydney, born Edinburgh June 1862	27 Apr 1881
bellelt	albert	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Stepney, England, age 21	23 Feb 1881
bennett	john	Emerald, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
benton	charles	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay English age 18	22 Jun 1881
bessent	james	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, age 25 arrested Echuca Police	20 Jul 1881 3 Aug 1881
birch	george	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 21	22 Jun 1881
black	JOSEPH	Bacchante, at Hobson’s Bay, native of Germany, age 51	3 Aug 1881
blacklet	daniel	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 27	2 Mar 1881
blacknell	g	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born St Pancras, Middlesex, age 24	24 Aug 1881
blogg	harry	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay age 21	6 Jul 1881
boulter	james	Miranda, at Sydney, born Plymouth, age 19	14 Dec 1881
bowden	john	Miranda, at Sydney, born Ilfracombe, England 1858	27 Jul 1881
bowden	john	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 22	2 Mar 1881
boyle	john	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 26	24 Aug 1881
bramley	george	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born York age 21	10 Aug 1881
bridge	henry	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Derby age 24	10 Aug 1881
brier	william	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Duront, Bantry age 19	24 Aug 1881
bright	fred	Cleopatra at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 23	6 Jul 1881
brooks	arthur a	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Devon age 20	10 Aug 1881
brooks	thomas	Carysfort, at Sydney born Jamaica age 22	24 Aug 1881
brougham	william	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 27	22 Jun 1881
brown	james	Alert, at Sydney, born Bothwell, Lancashire Apr 1861	23 Mar 1881
brown	henry	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, English age 33	22 Jun 1881
brown	george	Bacchante, at Hobson’s Bay born Southampton in 1860	27 Jul 1881
buckley	j	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Ballarat 11 May 1850	23 Feb 1881
bullen	john	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
bullock	george s	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 23	10 Aug 1881
burridge	john	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay born Bath, age 20 arrested	13 July 1881 20 Jul 1881
burton	john	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 22	24 Aug 1881
busby	harry	Alert, at Sydney, born London July 1859	30 Mar 1881
cain	james	Carysfort at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
calcott	james	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 20	10 Aug 1881
calvert	william	Carysfort, at Sydney born Leicester age 33	24 Aug 1881
candelin	josiah	Alert, at Sydney, born Newington, Middlesex Apr 1859	23 Mar 1881
carter	william	Carysfort at Hobson’s Bay, born Deptford, age 24	6 Jul 1881
carter	henry	Bacchante, at Hobson’s Bay, Londoner, age 27	20 Jul 1881
cartwright	john	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
casey	john	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Stroud, age 21	8 Jun 1881
cass	william	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	24 Aug 1881
caughlan	denis	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay Londoner age 35	22 Jun 1881
chalk	william	Dance, at Sydney, Dec 1880, age 18, born Southampton	12 Jan 1881
champ	david	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Green Ponds, Tasmania in 1860	3 Aug 1881
chappell	edward h	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 17	27 Jul 1881
christie	john	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Cork Ireland, age 24	2 Mar 1881
clark	edward	Alert, at Sydney, born Essex Nov 1850	27 Apr 1881
clarke	william	Alert, at Sydney, born Woolwich Nov 1857	23 Feb 1881
clarke	thomas a	Emerald, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
cleland	william	Inconstant, at Sydney, born 1862 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
cobb	frank	Cormorant, at Sydney, born London age 26	23 Nov 1881
cole	alfred	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
coleman	john	Miranda, at Sydney, born Devonport, England, 1855	27 Jul 1881
collins	william	Inconstant, at Sydney age 21	3 Aug 1881
cook	wm. hy.	Sandfly, at Cooktown, born Redruth, England, age 24	26 Oct 1881
cooke	william	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 23	22 Jun 1881
cooper	george b	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay	22 Jun 1881
cootes	charles	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Hertfordshire, age 29	10 Aug 1881
corrigan	james	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 22	22 Jun 1881
court	james	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Monmouth, Wales in 1856	3 Aug 1881
craig	robert	Alert, at Sydney, born Belfast, Ireland Oct 1854	23 Feb 1881
crawley	philip g	Inconstant, at Sydney, born 1856 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
culley	edward	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Dublin 1852	23 Mar 1881
curren	patrick	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 26	24 Aug 1881
darling	charles	Emerald, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
davies	griffiths	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Wales age 20	10 Aug 1881
davies	samuel	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay	22 Jun 1881
davis	w r	Emerald, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
davis	edwin	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 26	2 Mar 1881
davis	thomas j	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay, age 19	27 Jul 1881
day	thomas	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Dublin 1852	3 Aug 1881
dean	charles	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 26	24 Aug 1881
delaney	john m	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Exeter, England	19 Oct 1881
devine	james	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Kent age 22	10 Aug 1881
dexter	alfred	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 18	24 Aug 1881
dix	george	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Bermondsey, age 24	24 Aug 1881
doneachey	robert	Emerald, at Sydney, born Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 26 Sept 1860	23 Feb 1881
dow	james	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Perth, age 20 listed as John Dow, arrested Ballarat Police	13 July 1881 27 Jul 1881
drake	francis	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Devonshire England 1860	27 Jul 1881
DRANCE	FRANCIS	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, English	9 Feb 1881
drew	thomas g	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, born Leicestershire, age 19	15 Jun 1881
duran	william	Emerald, at Sydney, drummer age 34	17 Aug 1881
durham	joseph	Emerald, at Sydney, age 26	17 Aug 1881
dyer	alfred	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Devonshire 1861	3 Aug 1881
eady	nicholas	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Ireland, age 19	24 Aug 1881
earwood	edmund	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	10 Aug 1881
easterbrook	frederick	Inconstant, at Sydney, boy	10 Aug 1881
edwards	w r	Conflict, at Sydney, born 17 Apr 1855	27 Apr 1881
edwards	george	Emerald, at Sydney, age 23	24 Aug 1881
ellery	charles	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
endersby	edward	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 23	24 Aug 1881
ewens	alfred	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Sussex, England 1861, has friends in Adelaide	4 May 1881
falconer	james	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, born Elgin, age 29	22 Jun 1881
farleigh	william	Miranda, at Sydney born Teignmouth, England 1856 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
farr	charles	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay, born Rochester age 19 arrested	13 July 1881 28 Sept 1881
fawcett	arthur	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	10 Aug 1881
fisher	george	Cleopatra, at Sydney born Sussex in 1861	3 Aug 1881
fox	moses	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 33	24 Aug 1881
franks	joseph	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 21	15 Jun 1881
garrett	albert	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, born Wiltshire, age 23	8 Jun 1881
garside	samuel	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Lancaster, age 34	8 Jun 1881
garside	thomas	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 34	22 Jun 1881
gasson	george	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Woolwich, age 24	8 Jun 1881
george	henry	Alert, at Sydney, born London Nov 1856	27 Apr 1881
godfrey	james j	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 20	10 Aug 1881
goodchild	john	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 20	10 Aug 1881
goodhall	william	Wolverene, at Sydney, born London age 20	24 Aug 1881
goodsell	frederick	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Cranbrook,England 1859	3 Aug 1881
gortley	frederick	Bacchante, at Sydney born Devon, age 19	24 Aug 1881
grace	albert	Bacchante, at Sydney born Sussex, age 28	24 Aug 1881
grainger	john	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay born Newcastle in 1862	27 Jul 1881
grant	frank	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Frome, England Jun 1859	27 Apr 1881
graydon	william	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	10 Aug 1881
GREeN	AARON	Miranda, at Sydney, born Stonehouse, England 1859	27 Jul 1881
green	james	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 31	24 Aug 1881
greenfield	henry r	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Essex age 24	10 Aug 1881
greenwood	frank	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Yorkshire, age 18	10 Aug 1881
gridland	john	Wolverene, at Sydney born Somerset, England, age 22	19 Oct 1881
groves	tom	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 17	10 Aug 1881
gurney	david	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Middlesex, age 20	7 Dec 1881
hales	peter	Alacrity, at Sydney,	28 Dec 1881
hall	harry	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 21	24 Aug 1881
hall	henry	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
halls	william j	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 18	17 Aug 1881
harding	john	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay	13 July 1881
harding	john	Cerberus, at Hobson’s Bay, age 31 arrested	26 Oct 1881 2 Nov 1881
HARRISON	THOMAS	Pearl, has been arrested and discharged, PG 1875	9 Feb 1881
hart	james	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 20 arrested Echuca Police	27 Jul 1881 3 Aug 1881
hatchcliffe	amos	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, English age 19	22 Jun 1881
hawes	edwin	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Studham age 32	17 Aug 1881
hawes	edwin	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay born Studham, Herts. age 32	6 Jul 1881
hay	hugh	Cormorant, at Sydney age 19	19 Oct 1881
healey	william	Carysfort, at Sydney, born St Giles, London 1850	3 Aug 1881
heath	george	Wolverene, at Sydney age 37	3 Aug 1881
heath	ephraim	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Wantage, Berks. Age 19	24 Aug 1881
henwood	john a	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 18	10 Aug 1881
herriman	thomas	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Hereford age 20	13 July 1881
higginbotham	walter	Cleopatra, at Hobson’s Bay, born Manchester, age 22	13 July 1881
hill	john	Bacchante, at Sydney born Great Malvern, age 25	24 Aug 1881
hingston	thomas	Emerald, at Sydney, age 30	17 Aug 1881
hipperley	john	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 22 arrested	27 Jul 1881 3 Aug 1881
holmes	william	Alert, at Sydney, born Surrey, England, Sept 1858	4 May 1881
hope	jacob	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Trion, age 41 has returned on board	20 Jul 1881 27 Jul 1881
hopkins	george h	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 19	10 Aug 1881
hopkins	william	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay, born Preston age 19	20 Jul 1881
horrigan	patrick	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 21	10 Aug 1881
howlett	john	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Wymondham, Norfolk, age 22	9 Feb 1881
hurley	george h	Inconstant, at Sydney,	10 Aug 1881
iregidgo	thomas o	Emerald, at Sydney, born Mylor, Cornwall, age 18	28 Dec 1881
irvine	william	Carysfort, at Sydney born Lanark, age 18	24 Aug 1881
jessup	thomas	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 30	22 Jun 1881
johnson	thomas	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Chester age 25	17 Aug 1881
jones	george s	Inconstant, at Sydney, boy	10 Aug 1881
jordan	charles	Dance, at Sydney, born Surrey, England	2 Feb 1881
judd	henry	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Battersea, age 21	24 Aug 1881
jupp	john	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Croydon, age 24 arrested Echuca Police	20 Jul 1881 3 Aug 1881
keal	thomas	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, age 43	22 Jun 1881
kelly	wm. h	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 24	22 Jun 1881
kench	william	Carysfort, at Sydney born Preston age 20	24 Aug 1881
Kennerly	Marcus	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 26, gunner RMA, born Cheshire, England 24 Nov 1855	27 Apr 1881
kerr	john	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Scotland 1854	27 Jul 1881
kerr	hobart	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 23	10 Aug 1881
kirk	james	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 20	22 Jun 1881
knull	george	Emerald, at Sydney, age 23	17 Aug 1881
lang	frank	Alert, at Sydney, born Hampshire, England Arrested and placed on board HMS Wolverene	4 May 1881 8 Jun 1881
langley	sidney	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 18	17 Aug 1881
lath	henry	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay born Hants in 1841	27 Jul 1881
lee	frederick	Inconstant, at Sydney born 1860	3 Aug 1881
lee	john	Carysfort, at Sydney born Rutland age 20	24 Aug 1881
lee	harry	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 26	24 Aug 1881
lee	william	Cleopatra, at Hobson’s Bay, born Wexford, age 17	6 Jul 1881
legg	edward	Bacchante, at Sydney born Hastings age 25	24 Aug 1881
lord	william t	Cleopatra, at Sydney	3 Aug 1881
lovell	edward	Wolverene, at Sydney born England, age 18	24 Aug 1881
lyons	henry	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 17 listed as Arthur Lyons, arrested	27 Jul 1881 12 Oct 1881
macaroy	william	Carysfort, at Sydney, age 31	24 Aug 1881
mahoney	james	Tourmaline, at Sydney born Carnarvon, age 24	24 Aug 1881
mahony	cornelius	Cleopatra at Hobson’s Bay, born Cork, age 25	20 Jul 1881
marshall	edmund	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 34	10 Aug 1881
martin	henry j	Wolverene, at Sydney born England, age 29	24 Aug 1881
mason	arthur	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Tamworth, England Nov 1855	27 Apr 1881
maybee	william	Carysfort, at Sydney born Portsea age 36	24 Aug 1881
maytum	j	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 27	10 Aug 1881
mcbrain	charles	Tourmaline, at Sydney born London, age 21	24 Aug 1881
mccabe	william	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 25	24 Aug 1881
mccrossen	patrick	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay, born Donegal, age 22	15 Jun 1881
mcdonald	william	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay, born Barony, age 18 returned to his ship	15 Jun 1881 29 Jun 1881
mcdonough	john	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 21	15 Jun 1881
mcdowell	george	Dance, at Sydney, born London 1859	9 Mar 1881
mcfarland	john	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Londonderry, age 22	7 Dec 1881
mcfarlane	john	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 21	27 Jul 1881
mclean	bernard	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, born Fermoy, age 19	22 Jun 1881
middleditch	george	Carysfort, at Sydney born Suffolk age 32	24 Aug 1881
miles	hubert g	Inconstant, at Sydney age 18 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
mills	john	Bacchante, at Sydney age 26	24 Aug 1881
mitchell	james	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, born Renfrew, age 31	22 Jun 1881
monk	frederick	Emerald, at Sydney, born Landport, Portsmouth age 23	17 Aug 1881
moore	montague	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Stepney, London 1858	23 Feb 1881
moore	william a	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	24 Aug 1881
moorshed	w j	Emerald, at Sydney, age 24	24 Aug 1881
morley	william	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 23	24 Aug 1881
morrison	james	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay age 29	6 Jul 1881
mowlett	herbert	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 18	1 Jun 1881
mulligan	robert hy.	Cleopatra, at Sydney born Dublin 1863 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
munn	james	Inconstant, at Sydney,	10 Aug 1881
murray	albert	Wolverene, at Sydney, born London Dec 1858	27 Apr 1881
murray	john	Sandfly, at Cooktown, born Glasgow,age 26	6 Jul 1881
murray	william	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, born Barony, age 21	15 Jun 1881
myers	walter c	Inconstant, at Sydney age 20 arrested by Mudgee Police	3 Aug 1881 19 Oct 1881
newman	william	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Kent age 28	10 Aug 1881
norburn	george f	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 18	22 Jun 1881
norman	william	Cormorant, at Sydney, age 20	19 Oct 1881
o’sullivan	george	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Cork, Ireland Nov 1859	27 Apr 1881
oliver	samuel	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay, born Derby, age 34 arrested Inconstant, at Sydney, arrested	15 Jun 1881 22 Jun 1881 3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
ord	william livingstone	Carysfort, at Hobson’s Bay, born Hackney London, age 19	6 Jul 1881
orton	john	Cleopatra at Hobson’s Bay,	6 Jul 1881
page	george	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Middlesex, age 18	23 Nov 1881
pantoll	joseph	Inconstant, at Sydney, born 1861 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
parkins	john	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay Londoner, age 19	20 Jul 1881
parrott	j	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
payne	william	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born London	8 Jun 1881
pearson	frederick t	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 20	10 Aug 1881
pierce	charles	Alert, at Sydney, born Canada Feb 1859	30 Mar 1881
pike	john	Miranda, at Sydney, born Totness, England 1859	27 Jul 1881
pilkrot	albert	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 38 arrested	22 Jun 1881 19 Oct 1881
pook	richard j	Cleopatra, at Sydney, age 25	24 Aug 1881
poole	jack t	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
pope	alfred	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Devonport, age 21	20 Jul 1881
powell	david	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Carmarthen, Wales 1853	27 Jul 1881
prawl	george	Inconstant, at Sydney, no further information	3 Aug 1881
preen	thomas	Miranda, at Sydney, born Kingstanley 1856 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
prentice	william	Carysfort, at Sydney born Lincoln, age 29	24 Aug 1881
prentice	william	Carysfort at Hobson’s Bay, born Flamborough Head, age 25	6 Jul 1881
rawson	david	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Leicester, 1863, since arrested	27 Apr 1881
redbourne	arthur	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 25	24 Aug 1881
rice	peter	Carysfort at Sydney born Yorkshire, age 25	24 Aug 1881
richardson	george	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Southstone, age 33	14 Dec 1881
ridout	israel	Carysfort at Hobson’s Bay, born Bradford, age 34	6 Jul 1881
rivett	richard	Tourmaline, at Sydney born Lynn, Norfolk 1859 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
roche	edmund	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 35	10 Aug 1881
rogers	arthur	Inconstant, at Sydney born	3 Aug 1881
rose	albert edward	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Nottingham age 18	10 Aug 1881
rowett	edwin	Cleopatra, at Sydney, age 25	24 Aug 1881
rowland	francis	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 26	10 Aug 1881
rundle	thomas	Tourmaline, at Sydney born Menheniot, England 1857 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
rundle	-	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, English, age 24	22 Jun 1881
russell	john o?th	Alert, at Sydney, born St Pancras, Middlesex 9 Sept 1859	6 Apr 1881
russell	william	Emerald, at Sydney, age 34	24 Aug 1881
ryan	james	Bacchante, at Hobson’s Bay born London age 25	13 July 1881
samonds	joseph	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Romford, age 28	8 Jun 1881
sanderson	john	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 24	24 Aug 1881
savage	thomas	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay English, age 29	13 July 1881
scott	john	Alert, at Sydney, born Edinburgh, Sept 1862	23 Mar 1881
scott	frederick	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay, born Lincoln in 1862	27 Jul 1881
scott	george	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay, born London, in 1862	27 Jul 1881
seaman	james	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Ashbroking, Suffolk, age 22	9 Feb 1881
sewell	henry arthur	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 21	10 Aug 1881
sheppard	geo	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 23	10 Aug 1881
sheppard	edward	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Deptford, age 19	8 Jun 1881
sherman	g	Sandfly, at Cooktown, born Cheltenham, age 24	26 Oct 1881
sillen	charles	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 19 arrested Echuca Police	27 Jul 1881 3 Aug 1881
simons	john	Wolverene at Sydney, age 27	24 Aug 1881
simpson	john j	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Plymouth, England, age 24	9 Feb 1881
skyrms	john	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay, English age 32	22 Jun 1881
slade	robert	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 38	24 Aug 1881
smith	william	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Charmouth, England 1855	3 Aug 1881
smith	frederick	Inconstant, at Sydney,	10 Aug 1881
smith	george	Carysfort, at Sydney born Poplar, Middlesex, age 19	24 Aug 1881
smith	charles	Carysfort, at Sydney born Oxford age 20	24 Aug 1881
smith	thomas	Carysfort, at Sydney born Warwick, age 24	24 Aug 1881
smith	george h	Emerald, at Sydney, age 24	24 Aug 1881
smith	william o	Emerald, at Sydney, age 19	24 Aug 1881
smith	james	Cormorant, at Sydney, born Finchley age 22	23 Nov 1881
south	frederick	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Stratford England 1855	27 Jul 1881
sparks	george	Cormorant, at Sydney, born York age 24	14 Dec 1881
spencer	alfred	Tourmaline at Hobson’s Bay born Oldham	13 July 1881
squire	humphrey	Emerald, at Sydney, musician, born 1854	4 May 1881
stare?	charles	Alert, at Sydney, born Heligoland 12 Mar 1857	6 Apr 1881
stephenson	alfred	Bacchante, at Hobson’s Bay, born Yorkshire, age 25	20 Jul 1881
Stevens	Reuben	Wolverene, at Sydney, private RMLI age 22, born Cheltenham, England May 1859	27 Apr 1881
stevens	richard	Conflict, at Sydney, born 9 Oct 1836	9 Mar 1881
stevens	sidney	Carysfort, at Sydney, age 20	24 Aug 1881
stevens	thomas	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 23	22 Jun 1881
stiff	george	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Portsmouth age 26	17 Aug 1881
stokes	george	Carysfort, at Sydney born Cheshire, age 24	24 Aug 1881
straner	joseph	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay age 21	6 Jul 1881
strong	andrew	Emerald, at Sydney, age 34	24 Aug 1881
sullivan	daniel	Carysfort, at Sydney, born Cork age 24	10 Aug 1881
summers	william	Bacchante at Hobson’s Bay born Plastow, Essex age 25 arrested	13 July 1881 20 Jul 1881
Taylor	Matthew	Miranda, at Sydney, private RMLI, age 22, born Plymouth, England in 1859	27 Apr 1881
teed	george	Miranda, at Sydney, born Exwick, England 1860	27 Jul 1881
thomas	daniel	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Glamorgan, Wales 1860	27 Jul 1881
thomas	thomas w	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 21	10 Aug 1881
thomas	george henry	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Monmouth age 18	10 Aug 1881
thomas	james	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 27	24 Aug 1881
thomas	john h	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Stafford, age 24	15 Jun 1881
thomas	thomas	Cleopatra, at Hobson’s Bay, age 27	13 July 1881
thomson	john	Inconstant at Sydney, age 22	24 Aug 1881
tomlin	edward	Inconstant, at Sydney, no further information	3 Aug 1881
turnbull	william	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Deptford, age 22	8 Jun 1881
tuttle	william	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Cork, age 25	8 Jun 1881
twomey	michael	Dance, at Sydney, born Queenstown, Ireland 4 Dec 1853	23 Feb 1881
tyler	henry charles	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Townhope, Hereford, age 22	2 Nov 1881
tyrrell/tyrell	james w	Wolverene, at Sydney, born England, age 25	24 Aug 1881
voke	edmund	Alert, at Sydney, born Chichester, England in 1862	4 May 1881
warren	william	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Worcester 1861	3 Aug 1881
waters	robert	Inconstant, at Sydney, born 1855 arrested	3 Aug 1881 10 Aug 1881
watson	william	Cleopatra, at Sydney, born Forfar 1857	3 Aug 1881
watts	james	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Kent, England 1856	3 Aug 1881
weaver	william	Wolverene, at Sydney, age25	24 Aug 1881
webb	william	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 18 arrested	1 Jun 1881 29 Jun 1881
westcott	thomas f	Tourmaline, at Sydney, born Cornwall	10 Aug 1881
weston	robert	Carysfort, at Sydney born Kent age 25	24 Aug 1881
whatley	charles	Bacchante, at Sydney born Salisbury, age 30	24 Aug 1881
white	george	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Southampton/Devonport 1858	3 Aug 1881
white	david	Tourmaline, at Hobson’s Bay, born Weymouth, age 26	8 Jun 1881
whitney	samuel	Wolverene, at Sydney, born London 1852	27 Jul 1881
williams	henry	Wolverene, at Sydney, born Manchester 1856	27 Jul 1881
williams	george w	Inconstant, at Sydney, born 1858	3 Aug 1881
williams	john r	Carysfort, at Sydney, age 25	24 Aug 1881
williams	peter g a	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay age 23 arrested	27 Jul 1881 26 Oct 1881
wills	edward	Miranda, at Hobson’s Bay, born Merriott, Somersetshire, age 25	9 Feb 1881
wilmot	harry	Wolverene, at Sydney, born London 1861	27 Jul 1881
wingate	charles	Inconstant, at Sydney, age 28	24 Aug 1881
wood	frederick	Emerald, at Sydney, age 21	24 Aug 1881
wood	robert	Inconstant, at Hobson’s Bay, born Oldham, Lancaster, age 21	15 Jun 1881
wood	thomas	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay, age 27 arrested	22 Jun 1881 3 Aug 1881
woods	william	Inconstant at Hobson’s Bay	22 Jun 1881
woodward	joseph s	Inconstant, at Sydney born 1857	3 Aug 1881
wotton	george	Emerald, at Sydney, born Charlestown, Cornwall, age 26 or 29	24 Aug 1881
yates	harry edward john	Bacchante at Melbourne, bandsman arrested	3 Aug 1881 12 Oct 1881
yeates	frank	Wolverene, at Sydney, age 26	24 Aug 1881

19 Oct 1881

Deserted from HM XC1, Regiment, Royal Highlanders at Cape Town, South Africa on the 4^th August,

W Lofting, E C Cox, & J Butt, bandsmen. They are known to have come to Australia in the s.s. Lusitanna, but

the port of disembarkation is uncertain

2 November 1881

W Lofting, E C Cox and J Butt, charged with deserting from H M 91^st Regiment of foot, Royal Highlanders, have been arrested by the Port Adelaide, SA, Police and sent back to Cape Town.

24 August 1881

The undermentioned deserters from Her Majesty’s ships have been arrested and handed over to the naval authorities :-

Bacchante-George Hanna, Benjamin Barnes, Joseph Smith and George Kerrod

Inconstant- James Cousins and J Escott

Carysfort- Patrick Ford, John Woodward, Thomas Creed

Emerald-William Hardy

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