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David Geddes |
Family
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Geddes |
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Given
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David |
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18 February 1870 |
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London, England |
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School:
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University:
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Qualifications:
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MD Malta 1832
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
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Voyages:
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"Neptune" from London arr. Sydney 27 September 1839
"Palmyra" via Hobart arr. Sydney 15 September 1846
"Rajah" dep. Sydney for London 6 October 1846
"Cornwall" from England with convicts arr. VDL 11 June 1851
HMS "Calliope" from Hobart arr. Sydney 20 July 1851
"Moa" cleared to dep. Sydney for Auckland 4 August 1851
"Oriental Queen" from London with prisoners arr. Hobart 19 February 1853
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Came
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Surgeon on convict ship |
Date
Settled Aus: |
1839
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Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1839, 1846, 1851 (shipping record) |
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Positions
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Assistant Surgeon RN 1822
Surgeon RN 1831 |
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Notes:
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Served in Burmese War (Navy List 1843) |
Acknowledgments:
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References: |
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Navy list 1843 [David Geddes appointed Surgeon 17 May 1831 posted "Belvedera" 8 September 1841]
Cassar P. Overseas medical graduates. Melita Historica (Malta) 1981 [David Geddes MD (exam.) 1832, served HMS "Belvedere", died 1870]
Return of the Number of Passengers, and the Mortality, in Government Emigrant Ships, 1837, 1838, and 1839. ShipsList website. Ships to Australia 1837-9
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 30 September 1839 [Dr. Geddes RN Surgeon Superintendent on "Neptune" from London with immigrants]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 16 September 1846 [Dr. Geddes RN]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 17 October 1846 [Dr. Geddes RN]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 21 July 1851 [Dr. Geddes RN]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 5 August 1851 [Dr. Geddes RN for NZ]
Navy. Morning Chronicle (London) 16 August 1852 [Surgeon David Geddes MD appointed "Oriental Queen" convict ship]
Shipping intelligence. Courier (Hobart) 21 February 1853
Deaths. Morning Post (London) 22 February 1870 [on 18th at Kildare Gardens, Westbourne Park, David Geddes MD RN]
Cassar P. Overseas medical graduates. Melita Historica (Malta) 1981 [David Geddes MD (exam.) 1832, served HMS "Belvedere", died 1870] |
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last updated 22-02-2021
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