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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Henry Boardmore was transported on the Cornwall, departing 28th Feb 1851 and arriving 11th Jun 1851 with 300 passengers.
Cornwall (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 55 (30) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
** Unable to determine which Henry Brown this belongs to ** Health & Welfare Cascades Invalid Depot: POL709-1-16 page 127 (06 Mar 1879 to 31 Jul 1879) - Discharged at won request able to work New Town Charitable Institute: POL709-1-16 page 208 (08 Sep 1879 to 25 Dec 1879) - Discharged at own request. Light work. POL709-1-17 page 11 (26 Dec 1879 to 12 Jan 1880) - Discharged; Grants. Able to
Libraries Tasmania's Online collection - CON33-1-103 Image 42 Aged; 32 years old
Henry Boardmore remained on the boat after the other constables had jumped overboard and swum ashore. When he was finally returned to Hobart he stood trial for “being absent from duty at Brisbane.” Boardmore was found guilty and sentenced to six months hard labour. (Tasmanian Archives Convict Conduct Record CON33-1-103 p. 42.)
PIRACY AND ROBBERY. — ESCAPE OF NINE CONVICTS FROM NORFOLK ISLAND. Considerable excitement was created in Brisbane this week, by the intelligence that nine convicts had made their escape from Norfolk Island, in an open boat, and had arrived in Moreton Bay. The circumstances of the case, so far as we are yet informed, appear to be as follows:— It appears to be the custom at Norfolk Island to employ a large boat, manned by convicts under a guard consisting of military and constables, in unloading vessels that may arrive there with stores, etc. On the 11th of March the boat had been so employed in unloading the Lord Auckland, lying at anchor off the island, and on the evening of that day the boat had brought a load to the island, and was about to return to the ship at about eight o'clock at night, so that the men might sleep on board and be ready to load again early in the morning. The crew consisted of the coxswain, a free man, named Forsyth, nine convicts, whose names, or soubriquets, as well as they can yet be ascertained were Joseph Davis, Patrick [Joseph] Cooper, Jeremiah Sullivan, John Mick [Meek], James Clegg, Thomas Clayton [Clayden], Denis Griffiths [Griffith], "Ginger" Murray [Merry], and Robert Mitchell. The guard consisted of three constables, namely Henry Bordmore [Boardmore], Charles Cooper, and another, and three soldiers of the 99th Regiment who were armed with pistols and bayonets. The constables had no arms. (The Moreton Bay Courier 2 Apr 1853 p. 2) [All the runaways were eventually recaptured and sent back to Hobart where they were sentenced to hard labour at Norfolk Island. However, they were among the convicts being transported there on the Lady Franklin when it was seized. - CHRIS ISON.]