DESERTERS FROM HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4, 1 February 1911, Page 47

DESERTERS FROM HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE.

From H.M.S. “ Encounter.”

Sydney. — Ashby W. Kearns, age twenty-one, height 5 ft. 6f in., stoker, native of Dunedin, New Zealand, black hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, tattoo-marks star, clasped hands, and heart. Deserted 6th ultimo. Philip Harold Knowles, age twenty, height 5 ft. 8 in., A. 8., native of England, dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, flowers on right forearm, bust of woman on left forearm, eagle on right upper arm. Deserted 6th ultimo.

Robert Wade, age twenty-two, height 5 ft. 6Jin., A. 8., native of England, brown hair and eyes, fresh complexion. Deserted 6th ultimo.

Daniel O’Sullivan, age twenty-three, height 5 ft. in., seaman, native of England, dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, moles on back, scar on left foot. Deserted 4th ultimo.

George Thomas, age twenty-six, height 5 ft. sft., seaman, native of England, brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, dots on arms. A reward of £3 will be paid for their apprehension.

From H.M.S. “Challenger.'’

Sydney. John Brailsford, age twenty-three, height 5 ft. 9 in., stoker, native of Sydney (Australia), dark hair, eyes, and complexion. Deserted 11th ultimo. Alfred John Davis, age twenty-two, height sft. 7Jin., stoker, native of Victoria, dark-brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, girl’s head, anchor, and wheel on left forearm and wrist. Deserted 12th ultimo.

Arthur Roy Selwyn Souter, age nineteen, height 5 ft. 6 in., stoker, native of South Australia, dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, scar on left arm. Deserted sth ultimo.

Henry James Munday, age twenty-six, 5 ft. 7Jin., stoker, native of West Australia, brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion. Deserted sth ultimo. John Stephen Moore, age twenty - four, height 5 ft. 5J in., stoker, native of Victoria, dark-brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, scar on left leg. Deserted sth ultimo. William Alexander Gowdie, age twenty, height sft. 6in., stoker, native of Victoria, fair hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar ou left elbow. Deserted 6th ultimo. A reward of £3 each is offered for their apprehension.

From H.M.S. “ Powerful ,

Sydney. — William Humphries, age thirty, height 5 ft. 8 in., stoker, native of England, dark-brown hair, brown eyes, dot on left hand. Deserted sth ultimo. A reward of £3 will be paid for his apprehension.

From H.M.S. “ Pyramus.”

Sydney. — James Halliday, age twenty-six, height 5 ft. 4fin., private, native of England, dark-brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, four or five scars on back of head, “J.N.,” anchor, dagger, snake, and heart with clasped hands on left forearm, heart, sailor, cask, snake, and tree on right forearm, scars on back of left forefinger. Deserted 14th ultimo. A reward of £3 is offered for his apprehension.

From H.M.B. Psyche. Melbourne.— George Jocelyn Williams, age twentythree, height 5 ft. 6 in., stoker, native of Christchurch, New Zealand, brown hair and eyes, fresh complexion. Deserted 6th ultimo. John Francis Mclntosh, age nineteen, height 5 ft. 5 in., seaman, native of Victoria, dark-brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion. Deserted 6th ultimo. A reward of £3 each will be paid for their apprehension.