John Dawes

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Horse theft
Convicted at:	Bucks Quarter Session
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Moffatt
Departure date:	4th January, 1834
Arrival date:	9th May, 1834
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 399 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 258
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 Project.

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D Wong on 31st December, 2012 wrote:

John Dawes was transported for stealing 1 mare, value £20, the property of Robert Spackman, surgeon of Lutterwroth.

John Dawes jumped overboard at Plymouth.

D Wong on 31st December, 2012 made the following changes:

alias1 Knight (alias) (prev. Knight (Alias)), gender, crime