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MACAROY William

HMS Carysfort

p288-9, 10.8.1881

31yrs, 5’ 10", dark hair, blue eyes, dark complexion.

MACE Pierre

French Ironclad, "Victorieuse"

p31, 22.1.1879

AB, 23yrs, 5’ 7", brown hair, light brown eyes, strong nose, ordinary forehead, medium mouth, round chin, oval face.

MACE Pierre

French Ironclad, "Victorieuse".

p96, 5.3.1879: Vide PG, l879,p 31:

Arrested Sydney, on board Ketch, "Lillian", outward bound for Port Stephens, and placed, at the request of the French Consul, on board "Seudere".

MACE Will.

HMS Wolverine

p420, 20.11.1878

From Sydney, on the 17th November, 1878. Wardroom cook, born on the 12th July, 1835, at Rother(h)ithe, Kent, 5’ 5½", brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward. I Straggler

MACE Will.

HMS Wolverine

p428, 27.11.1878

See previous notice for details. £3 reward.

MACGREGOR, E. N.

HMS Curacoa

p437, 26.12.1894

AB, born at Brompton, Kent, England, about 24yrs, 5’ 7", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar over right eye, forehead, and right shin.

MACK Jas

HMS Sappho

p133, 10.4.1878

Deserted 2nd April. Stoker, born in March, 1855, at Southsea, Hants, 5’ 3", brown hair, dark eyes, dark complexion.

MACKENNA Jas.

HMS Pearl

p27, 26.1.1876

From Sydney, on the 20th January, 1876: Ord., born on the 31st May, 1857, at Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

MACKIE, James

HMS Clio

p131, 8.5.1872

Deserted Sydney, on the 4th May, 1872:Caulker’s mate; 5’ 6", 35yrs, born at Glasgow; brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, marked with small pox. £3 reward.

MACKLIN, William

HMS Nelson

p88, 17.3.1886 Extract Tas PG, 5.3.1886:

Gunroom steward, born in 1847, an Englishman, 5’ 3", light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

MACKSON, Charles

HMS Porpoise

p26, 17.1.1900

at Hobart, Tasmania, 2nd class domestic, born at Leeds, Yorkshire, 28yrs, 5’ B", grey eyes, sallow complexion, brown hair, abscess scar on left side of neck.

MADDEN, William

HMS Curacoa

p102, 25.3.1891

AB, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 21yrs, 5’ 3½", brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, bracelet tattooed on right wrist, spot on back of left hand.

MADDISON, Robert

HMS Orlando

p437, 26.12.1894

Private, born at Malton, Yorkshire, about 30yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

MAEN, Alfred W.

HMS Paluma

p190, 24.6.1885

AB, born at Dover, England, 29yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, light whiskers and beard.

MAGGS Walter C.

HMS Nelson

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

SS assistant, born in 1860, at Rants, 5’ 8", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

MAGNOR, John

HMS Cossack

p336 , 18.12.1872

Deserted 10th December. Private; born in May, 1831, at Cork, 5’ 10", brown hair, hazel eyes. £3 reward.

MAGUIRE John

HMS Sapphire

p230, 26.7.1876

Deserted 19th July. Ord. 2nd class, born at Rhumny, in 1855, 5’ 2", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

MAHE, Honore Francois

French ship of war, "Gazelle",

p40, 5.2.1873

Deserted on the 25th instant at Sydney:-, a seaman of the 3rd class; born on the 5th May, 1849, at Plameur, Department du Ibrbighan, France; about 5’ 2", chestnut hair, aquiline nose, medium sized mouth, oval face, dark brown eyes, ordinary forehead, round chin. This man left the ship with his effects on the night of the 24th ultimo.

MAHONEY James

HMS Tourmaline

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Ord., born in Carnarvon, 24yrs, 5’, dark hair and eyes, dark complexion.

MAHONEY, Samuel

HMS Paluma

p171, 3.6.1885 Extract from Qld PG, 23.5.1885:

Deserted 12th May. A stoker, a native of London, 30yrs, 5’ 3", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, tattooed on both wrists, stout thick-set build, full sandy whiskers, beard, and moustache, broken nose. £3 reward.

MAHONEY, Samuel

HMS Paluma

p230, 29.7.1885 Extract from Qld PG, 18.7.1885:

A native of London, a stoker, 29yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, bracelets tattooed on wrists, wore beard and whiskers. £3 reward.

MAHONY Cornelius

HMS Cleopatra

P272, 27.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 13.7.1881:

Private, native of Cork, 25yrs, 5’ 10", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

MALEJAC Jean Marie

French war-ship "Beautemps Beaupre",

p403, 29.10.1879

Born at Brest, on the 9th June, 1852, 5’ 5", full black beard.

MALLEY Edmund

HMS Nelson

p58, 15.2.1882

Deserted 8th February. Boy, 1st class, born in County Cork, 19yrs, 5’ 3Ό", ruddy complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

MALLY Edmund

HMS Nelson

p184, 10.5.1882

Deserted 6th May. Boy 1st class, born in Cork, 19yrs, 5’ 3½", ruddy complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

MALLY Edmund

HMS Nelson

p342, 30.8.1882 Vide PG, 1882, pl84:-

Deserter from arrested Sydney Police.

MALONEY John

HMS Cormorant

p263, 14.7.1880

Stoker, born in Ireland, on the 13th May, 1856, 5’ 7", dark hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

MALONEY John

HMS Cormorant

p52, 8.2.1882 Extract from Queensland PG, 21.1.1882:

Stoker, a native of Coombran, 26yrs, 5’ 6½", dark hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, anchor tattooed on right arm. £1 reward.

MAMMEN Charles

HMS Espiegle

p176, 3.5.1882 Extract from SA PG, 19.4.1882:

Ordinary seaman, a native of Middlesex, England, age 20, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

MANDER, Charles R.

HMS Egeria

p80, 12.3.1890

Sydney, on the 4th March, 1890. Born at Eustori Square, London, 26yrs, 5’ 6½", dark brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

MANGAN, Patrick

HMS Nelson

p22, 19.1.1887

Sydney, on the 9th January, 1887. Born at Waterford, Ireland, 29yrs, 5’ 4½", grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

MANICOM, Samuel

HMS Undine

p61, 23.2.1887

30yrs, 5’ 5", hazel eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

MANLEY, Adam

HMS Mildura

p6, 5.1.1898

at Port Chalmers, on the 6th December, 1897. AB, born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, about 27yrs, 5’ 7", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

MANN Alfred

HMS Barracouta

p367, 23.12.1874

Deserted 18th December. AB, born at London, in September, 1857, 5’ 5", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

MANN, Joseph

HMS Blanche

p145, 7.5.1873 Extract Vic. PG, 29.4.1873

Deserter at Hobson’s Bay, on the 23rd April, 1873:-Native of Plymouth, gun-room steward, 20yrs, 5’ 5", dark brown hair, smooth face, sharp nose, dirty yellow teeth; dressed in blue cloth jacket, vest, and trousers, servant’s cap with peak and leather strap, usually turn at back of head with strap on top. £3 reward.

MANTLE William

HMS Dido

p298, 13.10.1875

AB, 24yrs, born in Sussex, 5’ 6", light brown hair, blue eyes, light whiskers and moustache, fresh complexion; tattooed on both arms and chest. £3 reward.

MANTLE William

HMS Dido

p360, 8.12.1875

Deserted 1st December. AB, born in Sussex, 24yrs , 5’ 5", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, little whiskers and moustache, tattooed on both arms and chest. £3 reward.

MANTLE, William

HMS Cossack

p296, 6.11.1872

OS, born at Portsea, Hants, on the 2nd October, 1851; 5’ 3", light hair, dark eyes.

MARCHANT Tom

HMS Espiegle

p394, 11.10.1882

Pte. R.M.L.I., born in Somerset, 21yrs, 5’ 6", sallow complexion, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes.

MARCHANT, Lewis J.

HMS Rapid

p93, 23.3.1887

Born at Westminster, London, 21yrs, 5’ 7", blue eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

MARCHANT, Lewis John

HMS Rapid

p364, 7.12.1887

at Cooktown, on the 23rd November, 1887. Born at Westminster, London, 22yrs, 5’ 6 4/10", blue eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

MARCHMEAT Jas.

HMS Sappho

p328, 11.9.1878

Deserted . W.R. cook, born in 1848, at Hants, 5’ 8", dark hair, hazel eyes. £1 reward.

MARCHMENT Jas.

HMS Sappho

p59, 23.2.1876

From Sydney, on the 19th February, 1876:-Ward room cook, born in England, 28yrs , 5’ 5", dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward, plus all reasonable expenses.

MARDEN, George

HMS Miranda

P150, 11.4.1883

Ord., born in London, 20yrs, 5’ 4", fair complexion, light brown hair, brown eyes, basket of flowers and anchor on left arm, "True Love", and triangle on right arm.

MARSCHANN, Charles

HMS Diamond

p223, 18.7.1888

20yrs, 5’ 4", grey eyes, brown hair.

MARSH, Alexander

HMS Endymion

p145, 15.4.1896

AB, born at Kent, England, about 26yrs, 5’ 4½", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

MARSHALL Edmund

HMS Inconstant

P269-270, 20.7.1881

Deserted 21sf July. 34yrs, 5’ 5", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

MARSHALL Edward

HMS Pearl

P111, l4.4.1875

Deserted 8th April. Boy, 1st class, born at Southwark, Middlesex, on the 5th July, 1857, 5’ 4", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

MARSHALL, Isaac

HMS Orlando

p9, 2.1.1889

Sydney, on the 17th December, 1888. Born at Plymouth, 27yrs, 5’ 5", hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

MARSHALL, John

USS St. Mary’s (3rd rate)

p314 , 29.11.1871

LDS, enlisted on the 16th August, 1870, at San Francisco; born in Ireland, 28yrs, hazel eyes, sandy hair, fair complexion, 5’ 4"; deserted on 17th November, 1871.

MARTIN Henry J.

HMS Wolverine

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Shipwright, born in England, 29yrs, 5’, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

MARTIN John

HMS Challenger

P116, 22.4.1874

Deserted 13th April. Ord., born in 1855, at London, Middlesex, 5’ 3", dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

MARTIN John

HMS Wolverine

p17, 8.1.1879

From Sydney, On the 3rd January, 1879. Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, born in December, 1846, at Claven, Steadford, 5’ 7½", dark brown hair, dark eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.

MARTIN John

HMS Danae

p263, 9.7.1879

Deserted 6th July. Gunner, R.M.A., born in December, 1846, in Ireland, 5’ 7", dark hair, dark brown eyes, dark complexion. £3 reward.

MARTIN John

HMS Danae

p272 16.7.1879, Vide PG 1879, p263:

Deserter Arrested Sydney Police, and placed on board.

MARTIN John

HMS Beagle

p9, 7.1.1880

AB, 27yrs, 5’ 7", brown hair, grey eyes; born at Eggbuckland, Devon. £3 reward.

MARTIN Joseph

HMS Alacrity

P115, 19.3.1879

Sydney, on the 15th March, 1879. Ship’s steward’s assistant, 20yrs, born at Millbrook, Cornwall, 5’ 7½", dark brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion, curly hair, face clean shaved. £3 reward.

MARTIN Paul

HMS Barracouta

p222, 19.7.1876

Deserted 14th July. AB, born at Guernsey, 23yrs, 5’ 7", dark hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion. £3 reward.

MARTIN Robert

HMS Nelson

p394, 11.10.1882

Ord., born in Kent, 21yrs, 5’ 3", sallow complexion, light hair, grey eyes.

MARTIN W.

HMS Wolverine

p79, 7.3.1877, Vide PG, 1877, p65:

Straggler has returned on board.

MARTIN William

SS Hankow

p65, 28.2.1877

Deserted 23rd February. AB, born on the 18th December, 1849, at Westminster, London, 5’ 4", brown hair, blue eyes, pale complexion. £1 reward.

MARTIN William

HMS Miranda

p394, 11.10.1882

Stoker, born in Cornwall, 23yrs, 5’ 4", dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes.

MARTIN, James A.

HMS Orlando

p225, 23.6.1897

Sydney, on the 17th June, 1897 Ord., born in Glasgow, Scotland, about 19yrs, 5’ 5½", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on back of head.

MARTIN, James A.

HMS Orlando

P315, 8.9.1897

Sydney, on the 3rd September, 1897. Ord., born at Anderston, Scotland, about 20yrs, 5’ 5½", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on back of head. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

MARTIN, James A.

HMS Orlando

p320, 15.9.1897

Ordinary, born at Anderston, Scotland, about 19yrs, 5’ 5½", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar on back of hand (sic?).

MARTIN, Jonathan

HMS Swinger

p142, 22.4.1891

Sydney, on the 16th April, 1891. AB, born in Mile End, Middlesex, England, 21yrs, 5’ 6½", brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion; tattooed on both arms, figure of Britannia on the left arm and star on the right.

MARTIN, Robert

HMS Curacoa

p346, 11.10.1893

Sydney, on the 5th October, 1893. Private, RMLI, born at Inverness, Scotland, 27yrs, 5’ 5’", grey eyes, black hair, fresh complexion.

MARTIN, Robert

HMS Curacoa

p366, 25.10.1893

Sydney, on the 5th October, 1893. Private, RMLI, born at Inverness, Scotland, about 27yrs, 5’ 5", black hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 Colonial govt.

MARTIN, Robert

HMS Nelson

p364, 7.12.1887

Sydney, on the 3rd December, 1887. Born at Inverness, 22yrs, 5’ 5", grey eyes, black hair, fresh complexion.

MARTIN, Saml.

HMS Cossack

p336 , 18.12.1872

Deserted 11th December. , born in 1842, at Middlesex, London, 5’ 3", dark hair, brown eyes; painter, first class. £3 reward.

MARTIN, Thomas Henry

HMS Rapid

p3, 8.1.1896

AB, born in England, about 27yrs, 5’ 7½", light-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, bracelet tattooed on right wrist.

MARTIN, Walter

HMS Nelson

P150, 11.4.1883

Pt. RMLI, born in London, 28yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes.

MARTIN, Walter

HMS Nelson

p336, 29.8.1883

Private, RMLI, born in London, 29yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, light-brown hair, grey eyes.

MARTIN, William

HMS Diamond

p265, 29.8.1888

Sydney, on the 19th August. 1888. 20yrs, 5’ 6", hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion.

MARTIN, Wm. H.

HMS Diana

p166, 2.5.1900

Stoker, born in England, about 22yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, scar inside of left hand.

MASON Arthur

HMS Wolverine

p132, 13.4.1881

Deserted 5th April. R.N.L.I., born at Tamworth, England, in November, 1855, 5’ 7 3/4", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion.

MASON, Henry

HMS Clio

p253, 27.9.1871

Deserted 19th September, 1871: Ordinary seaman, 20 years old, native of London, 5’ 5", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward.

MASON, John, W.

HMS Orlando

p437, 26.12.1894

Gunner, R.M.A., born at Boston, Lincoln, about 31yrs, 5’ 8 Ύ", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

MASSEY S.

HMS Wolverine

p79, 7.3.1877, Vide PG, 1877, p65

Straggler arrested by Water Police and placed on board.

MASSEY Saml.

HMS Wolverine

p195, 29.5.1878

Deserters at Auckland, New Zealand: Deserted 3rd April. Leading stoker, born at Stockport, Lancashire, on the 14th March, 1848, 5’ 10", dark brown hair, grey eyes, pale complexion, Prince of Wales Plume on left fore arm; can work as a blacksmith, engine fitter, or stoker; is a good hand at Christy Minstrels, and was on this station before, in HMS "Cossack".

MASSEY Samuel

SS Hankow

p65, 28.2.1877

Deserted 23rd February. Leading stoker, born on the 14th March, 1848, at Stockport, Lancashire, 5’ l0", dark brown hair, grey eyes, pale complexion; Prince of Wales’ plume on left fore arm. £1 reward.

MASTERMAN A. J. T.

HMS Nelson

p394, 11.10.1882

Sig., born in London, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

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