Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
George Lait was transported on the Vimiera, departing 20th Sep 1865 and arriving 22nd Dec 1865 with 280 passengers.
Vimiera (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 119 (62) |
| 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
16/7/1864 Hampshire Telegraph Hampshire, England: HANTS SUMMER ASSIZES George Lait and Joseph Buckley pleaded guilty to feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, the property of at John Taylor at Romsey, on the 16th of May, 1864. Sentence - seven years' penal servitude. Joseph Buckley arrived WA per 'Corona' 1866. George Lait was listed as 21 years old on arrival in WA. He was 5'4¼" tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, long face, fresh complexion, middling stout, mole on right cheek, unmarried. literate. 22/5/1871: TOL 10/7/1871: COF Comments: Gardener. To South Australia 30/4/1881 and returned to Western Australia, Alive, 1886. 28/6/1888 The Daily News, Perth: George Lait, a cripple, was charged with being drunk. Cautioned. No date of death found.