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Victorian Naval Forces Muster

for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*

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Last Name:Morey
First Name:George
Rank:Stoker
Birth Date: 00-00-1833
Branch:Victorian Navy

George Morey

Stoker, 1st Class Petty Officer

Stoker on HMCS Victoria 1860-61. See Victoria & Australia's First War, Ian MacFarlane & Neil Smith, Mostly Unsung Military History, Brighton 2005.

 

Listed in The Argus newspaper on 8 September 1884 as a 1st Class Petty Officer having received the Victoria Volunteer Long & Efficient Service Medal on 6 September 1884.

 

From Crew List of HMCS Victoria as at 1 January 1857.

Listed as a member of the crew of HMCS Victoria ias at 1 January 1858.
 
Article in Journal of Police History, vol. 3 no. 1, March - May 1995 written by Ian MacFarlane.

 

1858 - 28 yrs, 5ft 8ins, Hazel eyes, Brown hair, Light complexion, CofE, Single, English, Bricklayer, appointed 29/8/1856

 

Cumulative Index on members of Water Police Williamstown, Victorian Naval Forces etc with sources. Collected by From Ada Ackerly, Directory Williamstown Museum, commencing 1986.

 

 Listed in Wages due to Officers & Crew on HMCS Victoria. 20 June 1856 - 1 July 1856.
Victorian Public Records Office, VPRS 1189 Box 579 X 56/5021

* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria.
Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.

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