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Voyage
Transportation
John Hill was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 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 HO11/9, Page Number 131 (67) |
| 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
Staffordshire Michaelmas Sessions. James Shenston and John Hill, for stealing four ducks, the property of Benjamin Williams, at Wolverhampton, for seven years each Both were proved to have been convicted of felonies at the last Midsummer Sessions. Staffordshire Advertiser, 27 Oct 1832. National Archives, HO-9-1_5. Cumberland Hulk Records. Page 35/44. Received from Stafford 5 November 1832. John Hill, age 18, Stealing ducks, Tried Stafford, 17 Oct 1832, 7 years. NSW 24 May 1833.
Theft of 4 ducks, accomplice was James Shenstone who also received a term of 7 Years transportation.