Total names in database = 3013

Best Community Research, Register, Records Category.
Commendation
| Search | Index | About | Join |

Victorian Naval Forces Muster

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

Profile

Last Name:Wilson
First Name:Jonathan
Rank:Fireman
Birth Date: 00-00-1829
Branch:Victorian Navy

Jonathan Wilson

Fireman

1858 - 24 yrs 5 ft 6 inches black eyes, black hair, Dark complexion, CofE, married english appointed 2/10/1857

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


 

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.

 


* 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.

Information & photographs of men who served in the Victorian Naval Forces is eagerly sought. Please contact the webmaster.
P0WERED by: DaDaBIK