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Transportation
John Davis was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 15th Apr 1836 and arriving 20th Aug 1836 with 332 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 247 (126) |
| 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
Conduct record – note Executed 17 Feb 1840 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-11/CON31-1-11P19
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year; 1841 No; 1119 Name; John Davis Ship; Lord Lyndock Noted against name; EXECUTED; 17 February 1840 The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch, and Agricultural and Commercial. Fri 7 Feb 1840. Page 7 CRIMINAL SESSIONS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. On Thursday the following prisoners, convicted at the present Sessions, were brought up for sentence : - John Davis and John Riley, for the murder of James Matthews, on the 16th March last Death. John Davis - 8 June 1840 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Matthews in Warwick St. Hobart