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Thomas Buckmaster was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 7th Sep 1840 and arriving 5th Feb 1841 with 322 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 212 |
| 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
Thomas served in the British army in Portugal for a period of six years and eight months. He received a bayonet wound in that service. He had a tattoo Marjarosa and Portugal on the inside of right arm where the bayonet wound was also. A broken right ankle is also mentioned.Convicted for breaking and entering a dwelling house and stealing a watch valued at 8 pounds 18 shillings and sentenced to 15 years. There was a prior conviction, for theft of a coat, with six months sentence handed down. He was held on the prison hulk Leviathan from 4th November 1839 and transferred to the convict ship Lord Lyndoch and departed 7th September 1840. He arrived 5 Feb 1841 in Van Diemens Land. He received a pardon and was employed as a probationary constable. Reputed as a man who could successfully hunt down runaway convicts he was posted to North East Tasmania where he married Elizabeth Lee, also a one time convict. They moved to the penal colony of Norfolk Island where he came across the prisoner James Dalton who would subsequently murder him in another time and place. All children were pre school age when Dalton and a fellow inmate who had been transferred back to Tasmania, escaped following a boating incident. The pair killed a man and robbed several others. After having held a wealthy family hostage at Avoca they lay in wait for the police to arrive. On 6th January 1853 Buckmaster was one of three police in pursuit. Dalton killed Buckmaster with a shot through the eyes resulting in instant death. Elizabeth, a widow married Richard Plummer later that same year and bore three more children to him. Richard Plummer adopted each of Thomas Buckmasters children. The boy, Robert, took the name Plummer into his adult life and his descendants bore that name. Source: MyHeritage.com