Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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Profile| Last Name: | Toy | | First Name: | Thomas | | Rank: | Seaman Gunner | | Birth Date: | | | Branch: | Volunteer Naval Brigade - Williamstown | | Thomas Toy
Seaman Gunner
Served 1860 - 1866
Source Victorian Naval Brigade 1860 - 1871 courtesy of Tom Corfmat, Victorian Colonial Infantry Association Inc.
Seaman Gunner Toy of the Naval Brigade died in 1866, and the Naval Brigade Band was requested by the Rev. George Wilkinson, not to play the usual "lively" tunes on return from the burial. Toy was a member of the Sir John Franklin search expedition to the arctic.
excerpt from Deeds not Words, Wilson P. Evans, The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne 1971 |
* 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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