Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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ProfileLast Name: | Patterson | First Name: | Samuel Alexander | Rank: | Surgeon | Birth Date: | | Branch: | Victorian Navy | | Samuel Alexander Patterson
Surgeon
The Argus records the death, on the 18th August, at St. Kilda, of Dr. S. Patterson, late of H.M.C.S. Victoria. The deceased gentleman served with the ship with credit in the New Zealand war, and in the expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
(NZ) Otago Witness, 3 September 1864
Crew member of HMCS Victoria 1860-61. See Victoria & Australia's First War, Ian MacFarlane & Neil Smith, Mostly Unsung Military History, Brighton 2005. |
* 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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