Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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ProfileLast Name: | Pagan | First Name: | David Clark | Rank: | Able Seaman | Birth Date: | 26-03-1864 | Branch: | Naval Brigade - Sandridge (Pt. Melb) | | David Clark Pagan
Able Seaman
David Clark Pagan was an Able Seaman of the Port Melbourne Division of the Victorian Naval Brigade. He was part of the Victorian Contingent to the Third China War (the Boxer rebellion) in 1900 and brought a Model 1888 full length rifle, made in Austria, about 1895 back to Australia as a memento/souvenir.
(The rifle is held at the National Maritime Museum)
Profile in The Australian Illustrated Enclclopaedia of The Boxer Uprising 1899-1901, Justin Corfield, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae Australia, 2001. |
* 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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