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Transportation
William Whymark was transported on the Portsea, departing 24th Jul 1838 and arriving 18th Dec 1838 with 240 passengers.
Portsea (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 305 (154) |
| 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
ADM 101/60/6/10 1838. Sick list of the Portsea Convict Barque from Deptford to Sydney, New South Wales, between the 7th day of July and the [...] day of December 1838. Thomas Bell (c) Surgeon and Superintendent: Folios 12-13: William Wymark, aged 26, Prisoner; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 18 August 1838, at sea. Discharged, 14 September 1838. He had been in the 57th Regiment for 7 years and deserted in 1836 at Gibraltar, going to Spain and from there returning to London as cook on a merchant ship. He was arrested in January 1837 and put in Colchester Jail for 38 days before being marched to Carlisle to be identified at his regimental depot. He remained in the guardroom at Carlisle for 2 months, during which time he began to grow thin. He was then marched from Carlisle to Portsmouth and sent to Gibraltar to be court martialled, receiving a sentence of 7 years transportation. He remained in the [provo] or 'Moore's Castle' [Moorish Castle] for 9 months, where he was badly fed and went to hospital with symptoms of scurvy. He was returned to Portsmouth and again admitted to hospital for scurvy and treated by Mr Williams, who gave him citric acid. Three other prisoners on board, Burbury and Harold of the 68th Regiment and Harrison of the 52nd Regiment, had also been held in prison at Gibraltar between 7 and 11 months. All had suffered scurvy and scorbutic dysentery in prison and were the worst cases of scurvy on board the Portsea. There were two others who came with them from Gibraltar that the surgeon had objected to as being debilitated when they were inspected on the Leviathan hulk.