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DESERTER SHIP SOURCE DEATILS

FALCONER, Alexander

HMS Orpheus

10 Sept 1862 p168

AB, 24yrs, native of Forfar, 5' 9", brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

FARLEY, Edward

HMS Esk

4.10.1865 p351

on 27th September, 1865, AB, 5' 7", brown hair, light hazel eyes; born at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 20th November, 1841. Former ship, “Simoom

FARRALL, Edward

HMS Galatea

Victorian P.G, 12.12.1867

a Devonport man, 21yrs, 5' 6", fair hair, grey eyes; formerly served in the “Buzzard".

FASSON, James

HMS Iris

9 Apr 1860 P724

AB, 5’9”, brown hair and eyes; born Canterbury, Kent, 22 Mar 1836; former ship Pylades.

FEARNSIDE, Edwin

HMS Blanche

22.9.1869 p303

On the 21st September. OS, born on 12th December, 1846, at Sydney, Australia, 5’ 6”, brown hair, blue eyes; former ship, “Charybdis”. �3 reward.

FEGAN, Jeremiah

HMS Herald

21 Dec 1857, P2378

Deserted at Sydney, AB, 21yrs, 5’8 1/2”, dark hair, grey eyes, born New Ross, Ireland

FERGUSON, James

HMS Galatea

Victorian P.G, 12.12.1867

a Jersey man, 27yrs, 5' 5", dark hair, p~rey eyes; formerly served in the “Doterel".

FIELD, George

HM Sloop Serpent

21 July 1853 P1218

captain maintop, 30yrs, 5’4”, dark brown hair, grey eyes; of Portsmouth.

FIELDER, Robert

HMS Samarang

2 Jan 1813

Deserted at Sydney, 21yrs, 5’7”, florid, light hair, blue eyes, has fractured skull. ‘All who voluntarily surrender before 20th inst. will be pardoned and returned to their, Duty as before. William Case Commander.

FINCH, Henry

HMS Salamander

15.3.1865 p97

on the 4th November, 1864, OS, born 3rd August, 1844, 5' 6", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

FISHER, John

HMS Brisk

18.12.1867 p364

AB, 5' 8", brown hair, hazel eyes, freckled complexion; born at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 5th September, 1841. �3 reward.

FITZGERALD, Bryant

HMS Phoebe

15.12.1869 p392

a Norfolk man, aged 27, 5’ 8”, black hair, blue eyes..

FITZGERALD, John

Escaped prisoner from HMS Lady Nelson

8 Aug 1812

a most notorious character has effected his escape from HM Brig Lady Nelson bound to Port Dalrymple, after plundering her of sundry articles of slop cloathing.

FITZGERALD, William

HMS Virago

23.9.1868 P279

16th September, B. 1st class, born at Cripplegate, London, 27th November, 1850, 5”, dark hair, hazel eyes, burn on right hand. Former ship, “St. George”. Arrested at Ryde. See NSW PG, 1868, Notice dated 14.10.1868.

FITZGERALD, William

Escaped prisoner

8 Aug 1812

a sawyer absconded from Newcastle, NSW.

FLANNERY, John

HMS Phoebe

15.12.1869 p392

a Cork man, aged 22, 5’ 6”, light hair, blue eyes.

FLEMING, William

HMS Phoebe

29.12.1869 p405

First class boy, born at Cork, December, 1852, 5’ 5”, light hair, blue eyes.

FLETCHER, George

HMS Challenger

13.10.1869 p326

On the 9th October. engineers’ cook, 22 years of age, born at Morton, Worcestershire, brown hair, hazel eyes. �3 reward.

FLETCHER, Joseph

HMS Niger

1 Sept 1859 P1942

Sail maker's crew, 26yrs, 5’ 7”, brown hair, blue eyes, crucifix right arm; of London.

FLINT, John

HMS Herald

29 July 1853 P1288

Carpenter’s crew, 5’7”, sallow, brown hair, grey eyes; smallpox.

FLOOD, William

HMS Liffey

Victoria P.G, 14.12.1869

A Somersetshire man, aged 22, 5’ 6”, light hair, blue eyes.

FLYNN, Daniel

HMS Galatea

19.10.1870 P282

On October 14th. OS, born December, 1850, at Limerick, Ireland; 5’ 6”, light brown hair, blue eyes. �3 reward.

FOLEY, Peter

HMS Pandora

20 Aug 1852 P1267

AB, 26yrs, 5’7 1/2”, dark hair, blue eyes.

FOLLING, George

HMS Salamander

15.3.1865 p96

on the 18th October, 1864, 1st class boy, born 3rd December, 1847, 5' 5", light hair, grey eyes, pale complexion.

FOOKES, Thomas

HMS Eclipse

16.9.1863 p279

shipwright, 5' 5", light hair, blue eyes; born at Liverpool, April, 1834; former ships, Hannibal, and Asia.

FORBES, James

HMS Calliope

7 July 1852

Sail maker, 25yrs, 6’l”, sallow, brown hair, blue eyes, stout; of Banff; former ship Vengeance (re-advt. NSW GG P2843, 29.12.1853)

FORD, E. J.

HMS Barossa

Victoria P.G, 14.12.1869

A Derby man, aged 31, 5’ 7”, dark hair, blue eyes, “H.F.” left arm.

FOSTER, Charles

HMS Calliope

25 Feb 1853 P405

AB, 5’5”, fair, light brown hair, blue eyes.

FOUNTAIN, William T.

HMS Salamander

15.3.1865 p97

on the 7th March, 1865, AB, born 7th May, 1844, 5' 6", brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion. Fountain, Green, Leitch, and West are supposed to have left Sydney for Melbourne, en route for Warrnambool.

FOX, Michael

HMS Elk

9 Jan 1860 p56

LS, 32yrs, dark brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion, of Dublin, Ireland

FRANCE, Frank

HMS Rosario

1.9.1869 p279

On the 19th August. private, R.M.L.I.; born at Sheffield, York, on 7th September, 1847; 5’ 7”, black hair, brown eyes. �1 reward.

FRANKISH, Robert

HMS Phoebe

15.12.1869 p392

a Rutlandshire man, aged 22, 5’ 7”, dark hair, brown eyes.

FRANKLIN, John

HMS Brisk

9.9.1868 p265

OS, born at Bristol, Somersetshire, 1st January, 1834, 5’ 4�”, dark hair, dark eye, dark complexion.

FRANKLIN, William

HMS Iris

6 Dec 1858 P2158

Caulker, 38yrs, 5’7”, black hair, hazel eyes; of Kent. Former ship Espeigle.

FRANKLING alias FRANKLIN, James

HMS Challenger

9.12.1868 p359

private, R.M.L.I, about 30 years of age, 5’ 7”, brown hair, blue eyes; native of Kilmartin, Devizes. Former ship, “Falcon”. �3 reward.

FRANKS, William

HMS Clio

9.11.1870 p302

Ordinary seaman, born at Liverpool, on the 18th July, 1851; 5’ 2”, light-brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. �1 reward.

FRAYZER, Thomas

HMS Falcon,

Victorian P.G. 11.5.1865:

Deserted at Hobson' s Bay on the 6th May 1865, 17yrs, 5' 11", light brown hair, and hazel eyes.

FRAZER, Richard W.

HMS Charybdis

14.10.1868 p301

On 11th October, AB, born 29th November, 1837, 5’ 7”, brown hair, grey eyes.

FRECKLETON, Reuben

HMS Scylla

Victoria P.G, 14.12.1869

A Birmingham man, aged 17, 5’ 5”, brown hair, grey eyes, formerly served in the “St. Vincent”.

FREEMAN, W. H.

HMS Iris

18 Oct 1858 P1701

AB, 24yrs. 5’7”, light brown hair, grey eyes; of Liverpool; first entry.

FREEMAN, William

HMS Samarang

2 Jan 1813

Deserted at Sydney, captain of forecastle, 37yrs, 5’ 7 1/2”, light brown hair, grey eyes, large whiskers. ‘All who voluntarily surrender before 20th inst. will be pardoned and returned to their, Duty as before. William Case Commander.

FROGLEY, Joseph

HMS Salamander

23.5.1866 p187

Carpenter' s crew, born 1845, Camden Town. London, 5' 9", dark brown hair, blue eyes.

FROST, William B.

HMS Iris

19 Sept 1858 P1521

Leading seaman, 23yrs, 5’8”; of Portsmouth. Former ship Hannibal.

FRY, William

HMS Galatea

16.11.1870 P226

AB, 5’ 6”, brown hair, hazel eyes. �3 reward.

FRY, William P.

HMS Salamander

15.3.1865 p96

on the 13th June, 1864, AB, born 11th July, 1842, 5' 7", light hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

FUCHER, Edward

HMS Galatea

Victorian P.G. 19.12.1867

a Dorsetshire man, aged 22, 5' 6", brown hair, blue eyes.

FURZEY, Charles

HMS Herald

10 Feb 1859 P355

OS, 20yrs, 5’5 1/2”, brown hair, brown eyes, CF in diamond, two flags and anchor on right arm; of Blackwall, London.