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Voyage
Transportation
James Harris 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 213 (108) |
| 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
1839 - Leviathan Hulk Registers No; 5084 Age; 25 years [born about 1814/1815] Offence: Larceny in a Port [Has been convicted before] Status; Single and able to read. Trade; Labourer 1840 - UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Age; 25 Disease; Catarrhs Date; 12 Dec 1840 Discharged; 21 Jan 1841 admitted again Disease; Pneumonia & Dysenteria Discharged; DIED - 24 January 1841