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SNEDDER, Wm.

HMS Blanche

p145, 7.5.1873

Deserters from at Cockatoo, on the 2nd May, 1873:-Ord., born in October, 1853, in England, 5’ 7", light brown hair, brown eyes, no hair on face. £3 reward.

SNELGROVE Wm.

Boy, 1st class, born at Southampton, on the 14th August, 1857, 5’ 3", dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

SNOOKS James

HMS Conflict

p98, 8.4.1874

Deserted 4th April. Ship’s cook, born on the 29th September, 1838, at Portsea, 5’ 7", brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, scar on right forearm. Harry is his proper christian name. £3 reward.

SOMERVILLE, William Francis

HMS Katoomba

p249, 8.7.1896

at Lyttleton, New Zealand, on the 3rd June, 1896. Ordinary signalman, born in Carlisle, England, 21yrs, 5’ 8", blue eyes, light-brown hair, fresh complexion, ring on second finger and dot below thumb of left hand, bracelets tattooed on both wrists. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

SOOTCHER George

HMS Conflict

p462, 28.12.1881 (Extract from Qld PG, 26.11.1881)

Deserted at Cooktown 27th October. An Englishman, 25yrs, 5’ 6½", fair complexion, light brown hair and eyes

SOPP William

HMS Alacrity

p21, 18.1.1882

Sydney, on the 9th January, 1882: P.O. 2nd class, born in Sheerness, 40yrs, 5’ 10", light-brown hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion, clean shaved.

SOURBUTTS, Joseph

HMS Nelson

P21, 10.1.1883 Extract from SA PG, 27.12.1882:

deserters at Glenelg during the month of December, 1882

SOUTH Frederick

HMS Wolverine

p257, 7.7.1880

From HHZ Wolverine Sydney: Deserted 2nd July. AB, born at Stratford, on the 6th November, 1855, 5’ 5", dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. Since returned to ship.

SOUTH Frederick

HMS Wolverine

p251, 13.7.1881

Deserted 11th July. AB, born at Stratford, England, in 1855, 5’ 5", dark hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion.

SOUTH, Fred

HMS Nelson

p189, 9.5.1883

AB, born in Essex, 27yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, dark hair, hazel

SOUTHGATE, John

HMS Paluma

p228, 29.7.1885

at Brisbane, on the 15th June, 1885. Ordinary, 25yrs, born at Shoreditch, London, 5’, light brown hair, blue eyes, Light complexion, Roman nose, anchor on right arm, anchor and spots on left arm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years.

SPAINIER, Daniel

HMS Orlando

p379, 16.11.1892

at Melbourne, on the 4th November, 1892. Stoker, born in London, about 22 years and 8 months of age, 5’ 4", dark hair, brown eyes, fresh complex- ion, scar on left arm.

SPARKES George

HMS Cormorant

P102, 15.3.1882 Vide PG, 1881, p427:

Deserter Arrested.

SPARKES, Richard

HMS Undine

p37, 2.2.1887

Sydney, on the 28th January, 1887. 5’ 6", blue eyes, red hair pale complexion; cook’s mate.

SPARKES, Richard

HMS Undine

p61, 23.2.1887

28yrs, 5’ 5", blue eyes, red hair, pale complexion.

SPARKES, Richard

HMS Undine

p73, 2.3.1887 Vide PG, 1887, p37:

Deserter arrested Branxton Police. Remanded to Maitland Gaol for transmission to Sydney.

SPARKS George

HMS Cormorant

P427, 30.11.1881

Sydney, on the 2nd November, 1881. Captain’s cook, born in York, 24yrs, 5’ 6½", black hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion, bracelet on each wrist, cross in memory of mother on right arm.

SPATCHITT George

HMS Sappho

p143, 12.5.1875

Deserted 2nd May. Boy, 1st class, born in England, in 1857, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

SPEAR, Jethro

HMS Blanche

p3 , 1.1.1873

Ord. seaman, born in England, in May, 1852, 5’ 9", light brown hair, grey eyes. £3 reward.

SPEARMAN, Frederick J.

HMS Lizard

P57, 17.2.1892

Sydney, on the 8th February, 1892. Private, RMLI, born at London, 29yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, tattoo spot on left forearm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

SPELLER, Thomas

HMS Myrmidon

p380, 21.12.1887

Sydney, on the 12th December, 1887. Born at Edinburgh, AB, 26yrs, 5’ 6", grey eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

SPELLING John

HMS Rosario

p324, 11.11.1874

Deserted 2nd November. Stoker, born at London, Middlesex, on the 12th October, 1838, 5’ 4", dark hair, blue eyes, sallow complexion; former ships "Zebra", and "Megaera". £3 reward.

SPENCER Alfred

HMS Tourmaline

p253, 13.7.1881 Extract Vic. PG, 6.7.1881

Ordinary seaman, native of Oldham, 5’ 6", dark hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

SPICER James

HMS Nelson

p190, 17.5.1882

Deserted 9th May. Shipwright, born in Kent, 26yrs, 5’ 8½", sallow complexion, brown hair, light blue eyes.

SPIERS, Thomas

HMS Diamond

p90, 25.3.1385

Boy 1st class, 5’ 2", dark hair, dark hair, grey eyes, freckled complexion.

SPIERS, Thomas

HMS Diamond

p338, 9.11.1887

20yrs, 5’ 7", grey eyes, dark brown hair, freckled complexion.

SPINKS, Walter

HMS Myrmidon

p93, 24.3.1886 Extract Vic PG, 17.3.1886:

Deserter, at Melbourne, on the 10th instant. Painter, 2nd class, two badges, 30yrs, 5’ 5½", fair complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes.

SPOONER Francis

HMS Pearl

p355, 9.12.1874

Sydney, on the 3rd December, 1874: Boy, 1st class, born on the 9th April, 1857, at Lambeth, London, 5’ 4", brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, scar on back of both hands. £3 reward.

SPRAY, Herbt.

HMS Opal

p309, 13.10.1886

Sydney, on the 6th October, 1886. Born at Nottingham, 23yrs, 5’ 6 1/8", light hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

SQUIRE Humphrey

HMS Emerald

p140, 20.4.1881

Sydney, on the 15th April, 1881: Musician, born in 1854, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

SQUIRE, Humphrey

HMS Emerald

p300, 16.7.1884 Vide PG, 1881, p140:-

Deserter arrested.

SQUIRES, Thomas

HMS Raven

p88 17.3.1886 Extract Tas PG, 12.3.1886:

at Hobart, on the 8th instant. AB, aged 20, native of Dorset, England 5’ 6½", light brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, brought up to trade of a baker. Marks, spots on back of left hand, small scar on chest and back of right elbow. f.3 reward offered.

STACE John

HMS Danae

p263, 9.7.1879

Deserted 5th July. Ordinary, born on the 23rd October, 1859, at Newhaven, Sussex, 5’, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

STAINES, Charles M.

HMS Dart

p121, 21.4.1886

Deserter arrested Sydney Police. No desertion notice

STAMPE Charles S.

HMS Nymphe

p240, 18.8.1875

Deserted 11th August. Engine room artificer, born on the 2nd February, 1852, at Chichester, Sussex, 5’ 4", dark brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, had small pox. Former ship "Pembroke". £3 reward.

STANDEN Thomas

HMS Wolverine

p430, 17.11.1880 (Extract Vic. PG, 10.11.1880)

Bondsman, native of Brighton, 25yrs, 5’ 4", light brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. £1 reward.

Stankowitz

HIGMS Bismarck

p90, 10.3.1880

22yrs, 4’ 10", brown hair and eyes.

STANLEY Robert

HMS Sappho

p328, 11.9.1878

Deserted 5th September. OS, born in 1859, in Staffordshire, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, slight mark under pupil of left eye.

STANLEY, Wm.

USS St. Mary’s (3rd rate)

p314 , 29.11.1871

M. Gunner, enlisted on the 28th January, 1870, at Mare Island, California, term expires 27th April, 1873; born in England, 37yrs, blue eyes, sandy hair, ruddy complexion; 5’ 3"; deserted 22nd November, 1871.

STANNETT Josh.

HMS Sappho

p74, 8.3.1876

From Sydney:-Deserted 4th March, 1876. Ord., born in London, 5’ 7", brown hair, brown eyes, ruddy complexion. £3 reward.

STANTON Henry

HMS Sapphire

P267, 15.8.1877

OS, born at Buckingham, in 1858, 5’ 5", brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward. No reward will be paid after 12 months, unless especia1ly ordered by the Admiralty.

STARE Charles

HMS Alert

P105, 23.3.1881

Sydney, on the 12th Narch,1881: Stoker, born in Heligoland, on the 12th March, 1857, 5’ 5", dark brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion, tattooed on both arms.

STARK Gad. P.

HMS Challenger

P116, 22.4.1874

Deserted 19th April. Ord., born in 1855, at Modbury, Devon, 5’ 3", black hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, cut on left arm. £3 reward.

STARK Gad. P.

HMS Challenger

P130, 6.5.1874 Vide PG 1874, p116

arrested Newcastle. Remanded to Sydney.

STARR Wm G.

HMS Clio

p287, 1.10.1873

Deserted 30th September. AB, born on the 22nd May, 1847, at Essex, 5’ 8", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. £1 reward for each of above, if apprehended within one year.

STATON Joseph

HMS Pearl

p71, 10.3.1875

Private, R.M., born on the 15th July, 1853, at Manchester, 5’, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

STEEL, Walter

HMS Clio

p212 , 9.8.1871

Deserted Sydney, on the 5th instant: AB, born on the 20th December, 1844, at Kent; 5’ 8", light brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

STEELE, Charles Henry

HMS Katoomba

p248, 4.7.1900

Sydney: Deserted 27th June. Sm. 3rd class, born at Lithgow, New South Wales, about 21yrs, 5’ 5", dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion.

STEELE, Ernest

HMS Calliope

p356, 21.11.1888

Born at Wandsworth, Middlesex, 21yrs, 5’ 8", blue eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.

STEELE, Wm.

HMS Opal

p258, 25.8.1886

Sydney, on the 20th August, 1886. Born at Southsea, Hants, 21yrs, 5’ 2", brown hair, brown eyes, pale sallow complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

STEER, William

HMS Royal Arthur

p440, 6.12.1899

Ord., about 19yrs, 5’ 2", light hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

Stender

HIGMS Bismarck

p90, 10.3.1880

23yrs, brown hair, whiskers and moustache.

STEPHENS William M. N.

HMS Nelson

p45, 8.2.1882

Deserted 2nd February. AB, born in Staffordshire, 20yrs, 5’ 5", fresh complexion, dark hair, blue eyes.

STEPHENS, Charles

HMS Espiegle

p379, 10.9.1884

Sydney, on the 6th September, 1884. Private, born at Bochin, Cornwall. 23yrs, 5’ 6", black hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

STEPHENS, William

HMS Diamond

p207, 23.5.1883

at Auckland, New Zealand: Deserted 12th larch. A.11., born in Devon, 25 years of ape, 5’ 6", dark complex-ion and hair, grey eyes, slightly freckled.

STEPHENSON Alfred

HMS Bacchante

p272-3, 27.7.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 13.7.1881)

Deserted 5th July. Sailmaker, native of Yorkshire, 25yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair and eyes, sallow complexion, tattooed.

STEVENS George

HMS Pearl

p234, 19.8.1874

Deserters from Sydney, on the 14th and 18th August: -Gun-room cook, born on the 11th July, 1852, Colchester, Essex, 5’ 4", light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. 30/- reward.

STEVENS Reuben

HMS Wolverine

p132, 13.4.1881

Deserted 6th April. R.M.L.I., born at Cheltenham, England, in May, 1859, 5’ 6", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion.

STEVENS Richard

HMS Conflict

p66, 23.2.1881

Carpenter, born on the -9th October, 1836, 5’ 6", light hair, dark eyes, dark complexion.

STEVENS Richard

HMS Conflict

p91, 9.3.1881 Vide PG, 1881, p66:-

Arrested Sydney. Placed on board HMS "Emerald".

STEVENS Sidney

HMS Carysfort

P289, 10.8.1881

Ord., 20yrs, 5’ 3", brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion.

STEVENS Thomas

HMS Inconstant

p229-30, 22.6.1881 (Extract Vic. PG, 15.6.1881)

AB, 23yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. £3 reward.

STEVENS, Frank

HMS Espiegle

p168, 23.4.1884

AB, born in Brighton, 20yrs, 5’ 5", light brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.

STEVENS, Richard George

HMS Pylades

p351, 13.10.1897

Ord., born at Stepney, London, about 20yrs, 5’ 4", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, tattoo spots left arm.

STEVENS, Richard George

HMS Royalist

p44, 3.2.1897

Ordinary, born at Stepney, about 20yrs, 5’ 5", brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, tattoo spots on left forearm.

STEVENSON John

HMS Nymphe

p333, 17.11.1875

Deserted 4th November. Leading stoker, born on the 6th January, 1841, at Cartside, Renfrew, AB, 5’ 7", light brown hair, light blue eyes, fair complexion. Former ship "Pembroke". £3 reward.

STEVENSON John W.

HMS Espiegle

p375, 27.9.1882

Ordinary, born in Hardingestone, 19yrs, 5’ 4", fair complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

STEWART Archd.

HMS Wolverine

p4, 2.1.1878

From Sydney, on the 2nd January, 1878. Gunner, R.M.A., born on the 21st February, 1848, at Huddersfield, 5’ 8", dark brown hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, a very thick and short beard. Supposed to have gone to Newcastle on the night of the 1st instant. £3 reward.

STEWART William

HMS Wolverine

p109, 24.3.1880

Deserted 9th March. Ordinary, born in January, 1859, at Bolton, Lancaster, 5’ 5", auburn hair, grey eyes, fair complexion.

STEWART, Alexander

HMS Orlando

p307, 6.9.1893

Sydney, on the 28th August, 1893. AB, 5’, dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, tattooed on left arm. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

STEWART, Alexander

HMS Rapid

p346, 11.10.1893

at Suva, Fiji, on the 19th August, 1893. AB, born at Hendon, Durham, England, 19yrs, 5’ 8", light-blue eyes, dark-brown hair, fresh complexion, "AS" and anchor tattooed on left arm.

STEWART, John R.

HMS Nelson

p296, 7.10.1885

Deserted 27th September. AB, born at Chelsea, Middlesex, 21yrs, 5’ 6", dark brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, tattooed in various places.

STICKINGS (alias BUTCHARD), James

HMS Nelson

p412, 8.10.1884 Vide PG, 1883, p18.

deserter arrested Goulburn.

STICKINGS James

HMS Nelson

p212, 31.5.1882

Deserted 18th May. Botcher, born in Kent, 24yrs, 5’ 2", fair complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes, cut on forefinger of right hand.

STICKLES, Frk. Chas. ,

HMS Mildura

p414, 1.12.1897

Stoker, born in Margate, Kent, England, about 21yrs, 5’ 6", dark-brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, crucifix tattooed on right arm, anchor and cross on left arm.

STIFF George

HMS Carysfort

p279, 3.8.1881

Sydney, on the 1st August, 1881: AB, born at Portsmouth, 26yrs, 5’ 6", brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.

STIGGINS Henry

HMS Nelson

p324, 10.8.1882 ( Extract from NZ PG, 26.7.1882

Boy ( age not stated ), 5’ 5", stout build, ruddy complexion, auburn hair, hazel eyes, anchor on left arm. £3 reward.

STILL W.

HMS Barracouta

p169, 9.6.1875

Stoker, 25yrs, born at Canterbury, England, 5’ 6", brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. 30s. reward.

STITT Thomas

HMS Beagle

P16, 11.1.1882

Ord., born in Belfast, 19yrs, 5’ 4", light hair, light blue eyes, fair complexion, "TS" tattooed on right arm.

STOCKMAN, Frederick

HMS Mildura

p24, 15.1.1896

Sydney. Master at arms, born at Portsea, England, about 35yrs, 5’ 9½", dark brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward, if apprehended within two years. Plus £5 NSW.

STOCKMAN, Frederick

HMS Mildura.

p38, 29.1.1896

on the 17th January, 1896. Described as above, wound on left forearm.

STOKES George

HMS Carysfort

p288-9, 10.8.1881

Deserted 5th August. AB, born in Cheshire, 24yrs, 5’ 6", dark hair, blue eyes, dark complexion.

STOKES, Geo.

HMS Clio

p157 , 21.5.1873

Ord., born in 1850, at London; 5’ 8", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. £3 reward.

STOKES, George

HMS Tauranga

P151, 18.4.1900

Sydney, on the 13th April, 1900. Stoker, born in England, about 25yrs, 5’ 9", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.

STOKES, George

HMS Tauranga

p161, 25.4.1900 Vide PG, 1900, p151:

Deserter arrested Sydney Water Police.

STOKES, Walter

HMS Katoomba

p178, 18.5.1898

Sydney: Deserted 4th May. Private, Rag. No. Chatham, 182, born in England, about 28yrs, 5’ 7 2/10", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, scar over left eye.

STONE, Alexander

HMS Calliope

p239, 1.8.1888

Born at St. Helier, Jersey, 26yrs, 5’ 1", grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion

STONE, Alexander

HMS Calliope

p247 8.8.1888 Vide PG, 1883, p239:

deserter arrested Water Police.

STOTHERT

Coldat

p108, 29.3.1893

A description of Private. A deserter HM Service, about 28 years 5 months old, 5’ 7", coarse complexion, black hair, dark grey eyes, scar on right hand, left thumb, and right forearm. Sailed from Colombo per "Coldat" for Adelaide.