Help decipher convict conduct record

[seuro]

Conditional Pardon - so he never had the chance to go back, and from I've been able to find, none of his siblings came to Australia either. He definitely was completely cut off from all his family! He went on to have 12 children so I guess made up for it!

I've been told that many of the later convict ships have a surgeon's report, which may have details of the passengers on board. Just not sure how to go about finding them!

Thank you so much for your help, great to have another pair of eyes 

[Wiggy]

Hi Rebecca,

Surgeon's reports - not a lot, but try me

I'm reading a book at the moment called "Australia's Birthstain" and finding is quite fascinating-  I can't work out if you are in Australia or not - but you might also enjoy it - learning why people were transported and why their convict status was kept secret for so long, etc etc -  anyhow, the point of this message is that I've just been reading about the surgeons on the convict ships -
 "Since 1815 a naval surgeon had been appointed to every convict ship. Armed with complete authority over the welfare and discipline of the prisoners, the surgeon's presence was designed to counter any abuse of power by captains such as Donald Traill of the 'Neptune'. . . . . . .It became the practice for the surgeon to keep a journal about the health and conduct of the prisoners in his charge . . ."   Australia's Birthstain" by Babette Smith.   

As I read that passage I immediately thought of the comments made by the surgeon on your ancestor's record.    I presume they had surgeons in all the prisons as well, keeping similar records.

by the way - I have been trying to read the top bit - I can work out he was on a hulk - but can't see if it was named on this sheet.

[seuro]

Thank you, I've made a note of the book, shall put in a request when next at the library   

My ancestor sailed on the Barrosa from Sheerness, Kent on 30 August 1841, and the surgeon was Dr Henry Mahon RN. Now hoping to find out if there's a surgeon's report still in existence.