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La SAUZE Joseph Theophile

French Ironclad, "Victorieuse"

p39, 29.1.1879

Deserted 27th January. 25yrs, 5’ 6½", dark hair and eyes, dark complexion, medium nose, ordinary forehead, middling sized mouth, round chin and oval face.

LACY, Archibald

HMS Harrier

p266, 31.8.1887

at Cooktown, on the 30th July, 1887. Born at Long Acre, Middlesex, 20yrs, 5’ 2", blue eyes, light brown hair, fresh complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 Qld.

LADS Eight

HMS Pearl

p22, 20.1.1975 (Extract Vic. PG, 12.1.1875)

under 18yrs, have been decoyed away HMS Pearl Sydney. Rewards are offered, and Commodore Goodenough offers a reward of £20 for such information as will lead to the conviction of the offending criminal. No further information supplied. 12.1.1875.

LAKE J. F.

HMS Emerald

p90, 5.3.1879

Deserted 28th February. OS, born in November, 1860, at Marlebone, London, 5’ 4", light brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, tattooed on left wrist.

LAKE, Alfred, Henry

HMS Ringarooma

p230, 24.6.1896

at Auckland, on the 21st and 24th May, 1896: A stoker, born at Auckland, New Zealand, 20yrs, 6’, hazel eyes, light brown hair, sallow complexion.

LAMBIRD, David

HMS Mohawk

p322, 6.9.1899

at Townsville ( Qld ), on the 26th August, 1899. AB, born in London, about 30yrs, 5’ 7", dark hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; tattooed. £3 reward.

LAMECHI

HMS Dart

p194, 20.6.1888

Sydney, on the 13th June, 1888. Born at Suva, Fiji, 5’ 5½", a coloured man. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

LAMONLIE Pierre

French War-ship, ‘Rhin",

p372, 8.10.1879

Born on the 23rd March, 1855, at Biscarosse (Department Landes), France, 5’ 3", brown hair, large forehead, brown eyes; a carpenter.

LAMPARD Alfred

HMS Pearl

p234, 19.8.1874

Deserters from Sydney, on the 14th and 18th August: Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 20th July, 1846, at HMSley, Shaftesbury, Berks, 5’ 7", brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. 30/ reward.

LAMY, Simon Osmond

French ship of war, "Gazelle":

p57 , 19.2.1873

Born in France, 20yrs, 5’ 4", fair hair, chestnut eyes, large forehead, medium mouth, round chin, long nose. oval face.

LANE, Maurice

HMS Lizard

P88, 7.3.1900

Sydney, on the 5th March, 1900. AB, 21yrs, 5’ 5", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion, tombstone and bracelet tattooed on left arm, scar on right wrist; a native of Wales.

LANEGHAKEN, Pat.

HMS Diamond

P11, 9.1.1884

Pte., born in Liverpool, 23yrs, 5’ 6", fresh complexion, brown hair,

LANG Frank

HMS Alert

p140, 20.4.1881

Deserted 15th April. AB, born in Hampshire, England, 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, freckled, tattooed on left arm.

LANG Frank

HMS Alert

p188, 25.5.1881 Vide PG, 1881, p140:-

arrested Sydney. Place on hoard HMS ‘Wolverine".

LANG, Thomas J.

HMS Curacoa

p373, 4.11.1891

Deserted 31st October. AB, born at Cornwall, about 32yrs, 5’ 7", light hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

LANG, William

HMS Lark

p118, 15.4.1185

Ward room steward, 33yrs, born Gasport, Hants, 5'6", dark hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion, hooked nose, has beard and moustache,

LANG, William

HMS Lark

p230, 29.7.1885 Vide PG, 1885, p118:-

Deserter, arrested Sydney Police. Placed on board ship.

LANGLEY Sidney

HMS Inconstant

p279, 3.8.1881

18yrs, 5’ 3", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

LANGLEY, John

HMS Curacoa

p234, 8.7.1891

Ord., born in Manningtree, Essex, England, 21yrs, 5’ 8½", brown hair, hazel eyes, ruddy complexion.

LANGLEY, Rich.

HMS Dido

p206 , 31.7.1872

AB, born on the 7th March, 1844, at Hants, 5’ 6", dark hair, beard and moustache. £3 reward.

LANGRIDGE, William G.

HMS Orlando

p414, 1.12.1897

Gunner, R.M.A., about 32yrs, 5’ 9", brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, moles on right forearm, scar on right eye.

LAPDON John

HMS Sapphire

p238, 2.8.1876

Deserter from Sydney, on the 31st July, 1876: Ward room cook, born in 1848, at Teignmouth, 5’ 7", brown hair, hazel eyes, pale complexion. £3 reward.

LARKIN, Harold

HMS Clio

p92 , 19.3.1873

AB, born on the 14th September, 1849, at London, 5’ 8", brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £3 - £0 reward.

LAST, George

HMS Cossack

p336 , 18.12.1872

Deserted 13th December. Private; on the 12th June, 1849, at Suffolk, England, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

LATH Henry

HMS Bacchante

P273, 27.7.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 13.7.1881) Vide PG, 1881, p165:-

Stoker, born in Hants, in 1841, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

LATTER, Adolphus

HMS Blanche

p244 13.9.1871 Extract from Vic P.G. 5.9.1871

Deserted at Williamstown, on the 1st instant: English, sailmaker’s crew. aged 31, light brown hair, grey eyes, and crucifixion on left arm. £1 reward.

LAUNDRY Benjamin

HMS Rosario

p324, 11.11.1874

Blacksmith, born at Blackheath, on the 12th December, 1845, 5’ l1", brown hair, grey eyes; former ship "Megaera". £3 reward.

LAVERTY, James

HMS Penguin

p418, 22.11.1899

AB, born in England, about 20yrs, 5’ 2", black hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, weak eyes. £3 reward.

LAVIS Fred J.

HMS Nelson

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

Ord., born in 1861, at Plymouth, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

LAVOTTE George Alphonse

French ship of war, "Sendre",

p126, 3.4.1878

Sailor, 3rd class, born on the 5th January, 1856, at Petteville, Seine, France, about 4’ 9".

LAW, Alexander

HMS Ringarooma

P108, 24.3.1897

Stoker, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, about 24yrs, 5’ 4", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

LAWLESS, Jno. S.

HMS Royalist

p353, 18.11.1893

AB, born at Stoke, Devonport, 21yrs, 5’ 5", grey eyes, light-brown hair, fair complexion, scar on left eyebrow.

LAWSON, Francis

HMS Nelson

p75, 11.3.1855

Deserted 4th March. AB, born at Birmingham, 24yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, brown eyes, ruddy complexion, tattooed on chest and both arms.

LAWSON, James

HMS Nelson

p275, 7.9.1887

Born at Market Travers, Lincoln, 37yrs, 5’ 1", hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion.

LAWSON, James

HMS Nelson

p285, 14.9.1887 Vide PG, 1887, p275:

Deserter arrested Sydney Police.

Le BRUNO Allain Adolph

French Ironclad, "Victorieuse"

p31, 22.1.1879

Seaman, 2nd class, 24yrs, 4’ 6", black hair, grey eyes, dark com-plexion, medium nose, high forehead, medium mouth, round chin, oval visage; a native of Brest, France.

Le BRUNO Allain Adolph

German warship HIGMS Victorieuse

p451, 3.12.1879 Vide PG, 1879, p31

Deserter Arrested Sydney Police. Put on board "Rhin".

Le DUE Jas.

HMS Basilisk

p12, 14.1.1874

AB, born on the 17th May, 1852, in Jersey, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion.

Le HEN Francois Marie

French warship, "Rhin",

p345, 17.9.1879

Deserter at Sydney, on the 8th September, 1879. Born at St. Pol de Leon, Brittany, on the 4th March, 1858, 5’ 2", auburn hair, brown eyes, ordinary nose and mouth, round chin, oval face. Register No. B. 10,152. Deserted in uniform.

LEADBEATER, John

HMS Diamond

p305, 8.8.1883

Deserted 31st July. Private, RMLI, born in Durham, 31yrs, 5’ 5", florid complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, burn marks above right elbow.

LEAHY Daniel

HMS Sapphire

p30l , 27.9.1876 (Extract Vic. PG, 13.9.1876 )

Deserted from at Hobson’s Bay, on the 9th instant. A native of Cork, Ireland, 26yrs , 5’ 3", brown hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion. £1 rwd.

LEAKER, William Robert

HMS Karrakatta

p94, 16.3.1898

Deserted 5th March. A.B, born in Bristol, England, about 23yrs, 5’ 5", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion, "Dot" tattooed on left wrist.

LEARY, Denis

HMS Katoomba

P151, 18.4.1900

Sydney, on the 11th April, 1900. AB, born in Ireland, about 26yrs, 5’ 6", light-brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion; anchor, cross, and heart tattooed on right arm.

LEARY, John

HMS Lizard

p400, 30.11.1892

at Townsville, on the 12th November, 1892. Stoker, born at Roscarberry, County Cork, Ireland, about 22yrs, 5’ 7", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 Qld.

LEARY, John

HMS Orlando

P325, 26.9.1894

at Auckland, on the 6th August, 1894. Stoker, born at Roscarberry, Co. Cork, Ireland, 24yrs, 5’ 7", hazel eyes, dark-brown hair, ruddy complexion.

LEATHER, Thomas

HMS Rapid

p134, 30.4.1890

Sydney, on the 10th April, 1890. Born at Hornbridge, England, 21yrs, 5’ 8", brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion.

LEE Frederick

HMS Inconstant

P258, 20.7.1881

Deserted 16th July. Ord., born in 1860, 5’ 8", red hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

LEE Harry

HMS Wolverine

p288-9, 10.8.1881

26yrs, 5’ 4", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

LEE Henry

HMS Nymphe

p15, 9.1.1878

Deserted 4th January. Private, R.M.L.I., born on the 17th June, 1851, at Bishop Stortford, 5’ 7", brown hair, haze] eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

LEE John

HMS Carysfort

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Deserted 5th August. Born at Rutland, 20yrs, 5’ 6", black hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.

LEE William

HMS Sapphire

P267, 15.8.1877

Private, born at London, in 1855, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

LEE William

HMS Cleopatra

p246, 6.7.1881

1st class boy, native of Wexford, 17yrs, 5’ 5", black hair, grey eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.

LEE, Arthur

HMS Calliope

p372, 14.12.1887

Born at Southgate, Middlesex, 19yrs, 5’ 3", blue eyes, red hair, fair complexion.

LEE, Arthur

HMS Calliope

p380, 21.12.1887 Vide PG, 1887, p372:

The following deserters have returned to their respective ships.

LEE, Arthur

HMS Calliope

p257, 22.8.1888

Born at Southgate, Middlesex, 19yrs, 5’ 4", blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion.

LEE, Edward

HMS Swinger

p412, 8.10.1884 Extract from Qld PG, 27.9.1884:

Deserted 19th September. 19yrs, 4’ 11", fair complexion, boyish appearance, good-looking, brown hair, blue eyes, tattooed on both arms; wore black trowsers, pea-jacket, probably barefooted, while waiting his trial by court-martial for larceny and has slipped his leg irons, jumped overboard, and swum ashore, probably on the Kangaroo Point side of tim riiier. £3 reward is offered for his arrest, mdiidi is very desirable.

LEE, Frederick William

HMS Goldfinch

P236, 30.7.1890

at Cooktown, on the 15th July, 1890:-Born at Weymouth, England, 24yrs, 5’ 8", light-brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion.

LEE, George

HMS Orlando

p49, 10.2.1892

Ord., born in Islington, London, 19yrs, 5’ 4½", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; tattooed on both arms.

LEE, Henry J.

HMS Royal Arthur

p402, 23.11.1898 Vide PG, 1898, p65:-

Deserter arrested Sydney Police. Placed on board HMS Katoomba.

LEE, Henry, J.

HMS Royal Arthur

p65, 23.2.1898

Sydney, on the 14th February, 1898. Boy 1st class, born in Westbourne, Sussex, England, about 18yrs, 5’ 0 3/4", auburn hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.

LEED Edwin

HMS Nelson

p324, 10.8.1882 (Extract from NZ PG, 26.7.1882

Able seaman, age not stated, 5’ 9", dark complexion, black hair, blue eyes, one or two front teeth out, no whiskers, good looking. £3 reward.

LEGG Edward

HMS Bacchante

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Deserted 5th August. AB, born at Hastings, 25yrs, 5’ 3", brown hair, light blue eyes, fair complexion.

LEGG Samuel John

HMS Alacrity

p31, 25.1.1882

Sydney, on the 18th January, 1882: Cook’s mate, 1st class, born in Somerset, 24yrs, 5’ 4", light hair, blue eyes, fair sallow complexion, clean shaved.

LEGGETT George

HMS Raleigh

p250, 30.6.1880

Boy, 1st class, born at Belfast, Ireland, on the 22nd February, 1863, 5’ 2", light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

LEGGETT, Wm.

HMS Paluma

p230, 29.7.1885 Extract from Qld PG, 18.7.1885:

A native of Middlesex, 24yrs, 5’ 6", brown eyes, light brown hair, pale complexion, clean shaved. £3 reward.

LEMMON George

HMS Dido

p170, 17.6.1874

Sydney, on the 9th June 1874: -Stoker, born in England, 30yrs, 5’ 8½", light hair, blue eyes.

LENONLINIER Stanislas Zacharie

French war ship "D’Estrees":

p38, 2.2.1881

24yrs, 5’ 4"; a native of Sangrume.

LEVERIDGE Charles

HMS Rosario

p355, 9.12.1874

From, Sydney, on the 29th November, 1874:- Boy 1st class, born in London, Middlesex, in 1857, 5’ 3", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, fling on left arm. £3 reward.

LEWIS Martin

HMS Renard

p323, 11.11.1874

Deserted 7th November. AB, born at London, in 1845, 5’ 6", dark-brown hair, brown eyes, black whiskers and moustache. A reward of £3 will be paid for the apprehension of this man, after which date a sum of £2 will be paid.

LEWIS Martin C.

HMS Pearl

p47, 16.2.1876

Deserted 11th February. AB, born on the 19th May, 1844, at Rotherhithe, London, 5’ 7', dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

LEWIS Martin C.

HMS Sandfly

p249, 1.8.1877

From Sydney, on the 26th July, 1877. AB, born on the 19th I-lay, 1844, at Rotherhithe, London, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Former ship "Nymphe". £3 reward.

LEWIS Thos.

HMS Cormorant

p438, 24.11.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 17.11.1880)

in Hobson’s Bay, on the 12th instant: OS, native of Glamorgan, 20yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, hazel eyes, bronzed complexion, tattooed on left wrist. £1 reward.

LEWIS, William

HMS Myrmidon

p332, 11.11.1885

Cockatoo Island, on the 4th November, 1885: Born at St. Phillips, Bristol, England, 22yrs, 5’ 6½", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

LIDDELL Robert

HMS Nymphe

p318, 3.11.1875

AB, born on the 13th March, 1850, at Baromy, Glasgow, N.B., 5’ 5", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

LIGHFOOT, William

HMS Nelson

p424, 22.10.1884 Vide PG, 1882, p394.

Deserter arrested Narranderra Police.

LIGHTFOOT William

HMS Nelson

p394, 11.10.1882

Ord., born at Liverpool, 19yrs, 5’ 3", fresh complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes; man of war tattooed on right forearm.

LILLEY, Francis John

HMS Katoomba

p56, 12.2.1896

at Auckland, on the 3rd January, 1896. Stoker, born in Devon, England, about 27yrs, 5’ 2", dark-brown hair, black eyes, fresh complexion.

LILLEY, Francis John

HMS Katoomba

p414, 1.12.1897 Vide PG, 1896, p56:-

Deserter arrested Jamberoo Police. Remanded to Naval Authorities. 8.12.1897

LINDENBAUM Heinrich Johann

HIGMS Augusta

p66, 28.2.1877

All, dressed in blue trousers, blue shirts with blue and white collars, blue caps with silk bands marked "Augusta".22yrs , 5’ 3 3/4", medium build, fair hair, low forehead, blue eyes, complete teeth, oval face; speaks German and English. £3 reward.

LINES Alfred

HMS Beagle

p9, 7.1.1880

LS., 25yrs, 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes; born at Stoney, Stratford, Buckingham. £3 reward.

LINESAY, Thomas

HMS Nelson

p481, 6.12.1882 Extracts from Vic PG, 22.11.1882:

Deserted 12th Nov, Private RM, born at Preston, Lancashire in 18555’ 5" brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. Regarding this deserter, see VIC PG of last week p317.

LIPSCOMBE, Frederick

HMS Wallaroo

p305, 9.9.1891

Deserted 2nd September. AB, born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 25yrs, 5’ 5", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, sunburn on both arms.

LITTLE, J. C. W.

HMS Nelson

p107, 14.3.1883

AB, born in Somerset, 27yrs, 5’ 2", fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes.

LITTLE, William

HMS Diamond

p280, 18.7.1883

Deserted 16th July. AB, born in Devon, 30yrs, 5’ 4", fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

LITTLEJOHN Robert

HMS Blanche

p102, 7.4.1875

Leading seaman, 28yrs, native of Bow, London, 5’ 6", ruddy complexion, brown hair, beard, and moustache, slightly pitted with small pox. £3 reward.

LITTLEJOHN, Robert

HMS Blanche

p323 , 25.12.1872 Vide PG, 1872

has returned to his ship.

LITTLEJOHN, Robt.

HMS Blanche

p323, 4.12.1872

AB, born in England, on the 30th June, 1849, 5’ 7", brown hair, hazel eyes, slight moustache and tuft. £3 reward.

LIVINGSTONE William

HMS Carysfort

p246, 6.7.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 29.6.1881)

Ord., native of Hackney, London, 19yrs, 5’ 6", light brown hair, grey eyes, pale complexion. £3 reward.

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