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Transportation
George Cooke was transported on the Batavia, departing 30th Sep 1817 and arriving 5th Apr 1818 with 220 passengers.
Batavia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 386 |
| 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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Colonial Secretary Index. COOKE, George. Per "Batavia", 1818; Assistant Surgeon 1820 c.Jun Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3204; 4/1861 p.73) 1820 Jul 21 Evidence at inquest (Reel 6021; 4/1819 p.201) 1821 Oct 18-1823 Jul 5 In medical charge of prisoners at Port Macquarie from 18 Oct 1821 to 5 Jul 1823 (Reel 6068; 4/1815 pp.153, 183-4) 1823 May 14 Re permission to proceed to Port Macquarie (Reel 6010, 4/3508 p.300; Reel 6019, 4/3864 p.46) 1823 Jun 30 Robbed of papers including certificate of freedom (Reel 6068; 4/1815 pp.223-5) 1824 Jan 5 Paid from the Colonial Fund for medical services at Port Macquarie (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.214) Date, June 1820. Petition of George Cooke, a prisoner for seven years, sheweth, That your Petitioner came to this colony in the month of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen by the ship Batavia. That on Your Excellency’s Recommendation, your Petitioner was appointed by Mr Wentworth and assistant in His Majesty’s General Hospital, Parramatta, since which, your Petitioner has held a medical situation under Lieutenant King on Board the Cutter Mermaid, for nearly eighteen months; and is now returned, after an application from Mr West, to fulfil his former situation as assistant in H M Gen. Hospital, Parramatta. Your Petitioner now humbly hopes that your Excellency will be pleased to grant him a mitigation of sentence or such other indulgence as your Excellency may think his conduct and character has merited, during his residence in the colony, and as in duty bound, your humble petitioner will ever pray During the 17 months that the Petitioner has served under me he has conducted himself most fully to my satisfaction & in attending upon the sick, he has evinced a zeal beyond my expectations, and is very deserving of such favor as Your Excellency may think right to confer upon him. ….
George Cooke, convicted on his own confession of stealing letters containing an order for payment and a bill of exchange, out of the Post-office. Kentish Gazette, 26 March 1816.
Early on Saturday morning, were sent under a strong guard, from his Majesty’s gaol at Maidstone, and put board the Hulks Sheerness, for transportation, the following convicts, viz. John Robinson McVeagh, Stephen Bushell, John Salvage, Richard Armstrong, George Cooke, Daniel Church, Daniel Hollands, John Mills, James Davis, George Coultrip, John Willis, John Gore and Charles Harding. Kentish Weekly Post, Friday 24 May 1816 HO-9-7-1 p 21/47.Hulk Report Record for Hulk Retribution at Sheerness. Received 18 May 1816, among 13 convicts from Maidstone: George Cooke, age 18, Felony, tried at Maidstone, 18 March 1816, sentence Beyond ye seas, 7 years, Transp 11 Oct 1817.