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Victorian Naval Forces Muster

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

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Last Name:Wilson
First Name:William Roscoe
Rank:Gunner
Birth Date: 00-00-1821
Branch:Victorian Navy

William Roscoe Wilson

Gunner

Listed as an Acting Gunner / Sergeant serving on HMCS Victoria in The Argus, 10 May 1858


Resigned on returning to Melbourne from New Zealand.

Victoria. A History of Her Majesty's Steam Sloop Victoria, Ian MacFarlane unpublished manuscript.


 

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


 

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

* 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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