Soldiers on Board the Ship " Orpheus", 1826

Soldiers on Board the Ship
" Orpheus", 1826

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News Item recorded in the Sydney Gazette & The New South Wales Advertiser September 16th 1826: "On Wednesday evening arrived , form London, the ship " Orpheus", Captain Duff. She left England the 8th of May, and Rio de Janeiro the 22nd of June arriving 16 September 1826. By this conveyance have arrived 213 men, woman and children of the New South Wales Veteran's Corps. The Officers comprise, Captain Robinson , Lieutenant Warner, Lieutenant North and Assistant Surgeon Robertson, of the 13th Light Infantry. Mrs Norton and Mrs Warner are the only Ladies arrived

Lt. Col DUMARESQ Henry
Assistant Surgeon GIBSON Andrew
Lt. BELL William ,. Lt. NORTH Samuel , Lt. WARNER Jonathan
Sergeant :CURRAN John Bury , . Sergeant HOPKINS William , .Sergeant MITCHELL James
Corporal CHEATER William , . Corporal TAUNT Charles , . Corporal TAYLOR William
Private BURNETT John , . Private Bengiman BLIMSTONE , . Private BAXTER George, . Private BELL William, . Private BIGNALL Andrew, . Private BLORE Joseph, . Private BLUNDEN Benjamin
Private George CADLEY , . Private JDUIS, . Private CAMERON , . Private John CHAPMAN , . Private William COOKE , . CLOSE William , .
Private EVANS Thomas
Private FAUNT Charles Private FOYER Walter , . Private FINN William , , . Private FERGERSON John
Private GRILLS John
Private HOGG Robert , . Private HUGHES , . HANNAN John
Private JAMES Joseph
Private KONES , , . Private KENDERICK William
Private McCARTY Morris , . Private McINTYRE Patrick , . Private MATTON Richard , , . Private McCORMACK James , . Private McGANN, . , . Private Mc NAIR James , , . Private McPHEE, Daniel , . McMAHON Patrick
Private NORMAN Samuel
Private PERCIVALE George, , . Private PEGG, David , . Private PICKEFE PICKUP John , . Private PRAGUALL William
Private REILEY John , . Private RODWELL, Thomas , .
Private SMITH John , , . Private SHEPHERD John , . Private SCOTT William , . Private SUGDEN William. Johnson . SHEPHERD Lynn David
Private THAE Richard , . TURLEY William , .
Private WHITEACRE Stephen , . Private WHITEHEAD John , . Private WELLS John , . Private WRIGHT Gilbert

References

Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia

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Last revised: December 07, 2009.