The Men

Muster

These men (and they are, so far, all men) are those known to have been associated with the Queensland Maritime Defence Force.

Data is updated periodically as information comes to hand.

Surname	Given Names	NOTES	Born	Died	Rank / Role	Location	Gayundah	Details	mentioned
Ackers	William Archer				Lieutenant		Retired List. 1904. apt Acting sub-l 1885		1904
Augustesen	Jens Neilsen		1864	17/02/1940	Petty Officer	Brisbane / Thursday Island
Barclay	John				Chief Engineer	Brisbane	No. QGS Lucinda
Barnes	Alfred Allen				Chief Engineer	Brisbane	Yes		1904, 1907
Barnett	George Benjamin				Lieutenant	Brisbane			1898, 1904
Barrow	Jack								unconfirmed
Bartlett	Stephen	W/O and Chief Carpenter			Warrant Officer	Brisbane	Yes
Beattie	W.H.				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane	Yes		Jun 1898 Sub-Lieutenant
Bennet	Thomas		1826	1915	Commander, Engineer	Brisbane	Yes		1890 Chief Engineer
Bennett	William Sellars				Sub-Lieutenant	Rockhampton
Bennett	C				Engineer	Brisbane	Yes		Sep 1889 Staff-engineer Nov 1889 Engineer
Benwell	Hugh P H				Lieutenant
Beresford	Joseph Arthur Hamilton				Lieutenant	Brisbane	Yes		Dec 1898, 1901 Officer-Instructor 1904 1910 Lieutenant (Gunnery Officer)
Blackboro	Edwin Adolphus				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane			1904
Blake	William Henry		pre 1867	1901-1906	Chief Gunner	Townsville, Brisbane
Bloomfield	Danuel George	?Daniel? Bandmaster W/O			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Bond	Thomas Arthur				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Boult	Edward James				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Bowen	Rowland Griffith				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane			1904 1907 Sub- Lieutenant, Naval Militia
Bowker					Lieutenant	Rockhampton	Yes		Nov 1889 the Rockhampton Naval Defence Force,
Boyd	William Alexander Jenyns				Lieutenant		apt Lieutenant 1885
Brennan	M				W/O Boatswain	Brisbane	Moreton Bay pilotage duties
Brockway	Archibald Birt				Staff Surgeon	Brisbane			1904
Butcher	Joseph Edward				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Buttrey	N.G.				Captain		Yes		Dec 1885 Navigating Officer
Cameron	Stuart William				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane			1904
Cameron	Waverley Flether	W Fletcher? C			Commander	Brisbane	Retired List		1898 Lieutenant 1904 Commander
Campbell	Arthur	Gunner W/O			Warrant Officer	Brisbane	Yes		1904, 1907
Campbell	Robert				Sub-Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Careedon					Instructor	Maryborough	Yes		Jun 1898
Chester	Henry Marjoribanks				Lieutenant		Retired List 1904 Appt lieutenant 1885		1904
Clarke	Frederick James		1865	1920	Petty Officer
Collins	J				Leading Stoker				Dec 1898 leading stoker
Conway	John	"Jack"					Yes
Cowie	Alfred				Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Creswell	William Rooke		1852	1933	Captain, Commandant, Qld Naval Commandant	Brisbane	Yes		1901 Qld Naval Commandant 1904
Curtis	George Arthur Hamilton				Lieutenant	Brisbane	Yes		1893 Navigating officer, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1907 Lieutenant 1909 Commander Gayundah 1910 Lieutenant (Navigating Officer) 1911 Commander Gayundah
Dale		(possible duplication of Dole)			Artificer Engineer		Yes		1907
Dill	Albert Lucius				Chief Engineer
Dixon					Gunner's mate				Jul 1890
Dole	Joseph	artificer/engineer/boatswain W/O			Warrant Officer	Brisbane	Yes		Dec 1898 artificer engineer (boatswain), 1904 Art/Eng
Douglas	Alexander D				Commander		Retired List 1904. apt lieutenant 1885		1904
Downing	J				Gunner		Yes		Jul 1890
Drake	Walton				Captain	Brisbane	Yes (Retired List 1904)		appointed Commander 1889, A/g Commandant 1892. 1898 Captain Commanding Gayundah 1898 Acting Naval Commandant 1890 Captain (R.N.)
Eastaughfee	Frederick				Lieutenant		Appt lieutenant 1885
Elston	Henry George		1862	1923	Mate		Yes
England	T.D.								1900 - possibly Rockhampton Naval Brigade
Eyre	Henry Cornwall				Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Eyre	Walter Morris				Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Fawcett	John Jacob				Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Fearnley	John Gillett				Lieutenant	Cairns
Fisher	Walter				Surgeon		Retired List		1904
Fitzgerald	G. P. M.				Lieutenant		Yes		1913 Lieutenant and Commander of Gayundah
Foster	W				Quartermaster	Brisbane			Dec 1898 Quartermaster
Francis	Thomas William				Lieutenant	Bundaberg
Grady	J				Warrant Officer	Brisbane			Dec 1898 1907
Grahl	James				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Grant	William George			14/12/1895		Townsville			Drowned T/ville
Gray	Charles George				Lieutenant				1904
Gray					Sub-Lieutenant	Maryborough	Yes		Jun 1898 Sub-Lieutenant
Gready	J				Chief Boatswain	Brisbane	Yes		1904
Greaves	W				Gunnery Instructor	Brisbane			Dec 1898
Greer	George Samuel	Assistant Storekeeper (W/O)			Warrant Officer	Brisbane			1904
Hamilton	John Reid				Sub-Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Harrington	Hubert Ernest				Sub-Lieutenant	Maryborough
Harris	William				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane			1904
Hawkes	Claude Somerville				Surgeon	Brisbane
Hayes	Edward				W/O	Townsville?			1904
Hesketh	Spenser Bold		23/04/1853	5/12/1903	Lieutenant	Brisbane	Yes		Dec 1885, Dec 1898
Hession	Charles Thomas
Howitt	James Parker				Engineer		unattached		1904
Hume	Walter Cunningham		1840	1921	Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Hurford	William				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
John	Thompson				Surgeon, Sergeant Major		J T MB apt surgeon major to officers and men gayundah 1885
Johnston	Thomas Law				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Jones	George John	Acting Gunner and Instructor W/O			Warrant Officer	Rockhampton			1904
Joss	George				Warrant Officer				1904
Joy	John Dempsey				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Junner	Alexander				Lieutenant	Brisbane	No - QGS "Otter"		1904
Keane	P				Acting Gunner and Instructor				1904
Kearne (or Keane?)	Patrick	Acting Gunner and Instructor W/O			Warrant Officer	Mackay			1904
Kebbell	William (possibly but unlikely Walton as first name rather than Wiliam)				Staff Surgeon	Brisbane			Dec 1898
Keen	Robert				Lieutenant		Retired List (N)		1904
Kilner	Harold				Sub-Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Knowles	Alfred Richard	Gunner and Instructor, W/O			Warrant Officer	Maryborough			1904
Knowles	George				Surgeon	Cairns
Kortun	Helmuth Axel Frederick Bernhard				Medical Officer		unattached		1904
Lee	Francis George			`	Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Lee Bryce	William Miller				Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Lewis	W				Quartermaster	Brisbane			Dec 1898 Quartermaster
Macartney	George William				Surgeon		apt surgeon 1885
Mackenzie	Colin Campbell				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Macqueen	W S				Chaplain	Brisbane
Malcolm	A				Chief Petty Officer	Brisbane			Dec 1898
Malcolm	W				Leading Stoker	Brisbane			Dec 1898 leading stoker
Malcolm						Brisbane	Yes		Jun 1898 stated as former ship steward Gayundah
Marshall	?								unconfirmed (delivery crew?)
May	H J	Quartermaster, yeoman of signals			?	Brisbane			Dec 1898 quartermaster and yeoman of signals
McLay	Charles				Lieutenant	Brisbane			1904
Meek	Robert Augustus				Surgeon	Brisbane
Miles	Harry Benda	Naval Storekeeper / Torpedo Instructor / Torpedo-gunner			Storekeeper	Brisbane	Yes		Nov 1889 - earlier of Plymouth, attached to H.M. torpedo ship Defiance. Now under 3 year engagement to Qld Govt as torpedo instructor. Joined Gayundah 6 months ago. Sep 1889 Torpedo-instructor Nov 1889 Torpedo-Gunner
Moreton	Algernon Howard				Sub-Lieutenant	Maryborough
Morley	E				Torpedo coxswain	Brisbane			Dec 1898 Torpedo coxswain
Morry	W.H J				Leading Stoker	Brisbane			Dec 1898 leading stoker
Mudford	William				Chief Gunner		Retired List		1904
Napier					Yeoman of Signals		Yes		Jun 1898
Neilson	Trevor Cottier				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Nell	W				Leading Stoker	Brisbane			Dec 1898 leading stoker
Nicolson	Robert Bruce		31/05/1838	19/03/1893	First Engineer		Yes		Dec 1898
Nisbot	Thomas				Sub-Lieutenant	Townsville	sometimes Nisbet?
Part	J.A.								1900 - possibly Rockhampton Naval Brigade
Pember	Edward	Acting Gunner and Instructor W/O			Warrant Officer	Townsville			1904
Pennefather	Charles Edward de Fonblanque				Captain		Retired List		1904
Penny	John Alexander Cairns				Lieutenant	Maryborough
Pethebridge	Samuel Augustus				Commander		Retired List		1904
Phillips	William	"Billy"					Yes		WW1 minesweeping
Pirie	?				Captain		Royal Navy, in command Paluma during 1893 floods.		1893
Pollock	Edward Vincent				Paymaster	Brisbane			1886, 1889, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1901
Preston					Lieutenant		Yes		Sep 1889 Navigating Lieutenant 16.10.1889 The Telegraph reports his resignation from position as navigating lieutenant of Gayundah
Richardson					Captain, Qld Naval Commandant.		Yes		1910
Richardson	J	possibly same Richardson later naval commandant ?			Second Engineer		Yes		Dec 1885
Rocks	Patrick				Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Rogers	John	Instructor: Chief Gunner			Instructor	Brisbane			1898, 1904
Russell					Torpedo-Engineer		Yes		Sep, Nov 1889 Torpedo-Engineer
Rutledge	Harold Moreton				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Salisbury					Chief Armourer		Yes		Jun 1898
Savage	George				Lieutenant		unattached (N)		1904
Shale	John Frederick				Engineer		unattached		1904
Smith	A P				Chief Steward		Gayundah at time of H T-W mutiny thing
Smith	Sidney Hugh Holland				Sub-Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Smith	Sydney Mercer		late 1850's		Navigating Lieutenant		Yes, but unattached 1904		earlier former officer of the S.S. Eurimbla appointed 15/10/1889 - 30/9/1892
South	James Hodder				Lieutenant	Brisbane	No QGS "Lucinda"		1904
Spiers					Lieutenant	Rockhampton	Yes		Nov 1889 the Rockhampton Naval Defence Force,
Stephens	Charles Thomas				Sub-Lieutenant	Cairns
Stevens	P.W.				Lieutenant		Yes		1911
Stewart	John Marcus				Sub-Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Stone	George				W/O	Townsville ?			1904
Sturt	Robert				Sub-Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Swallow	Thomas Fulton				Lieutenant		unattached		1904
Switzer					Captain (likely CIVILIAN)				1898 - Pinkenba. Came aboard for the purpose of adjusting the compasses and departed.
Taylor	Francis Pringle				Lieutenant, Captain	Brisbane	Yes		earlier: a lieutenant of H.M.S. Wolverine Sep, Nov 1889 Captain Jun 1890 Captain Aug 1892 Captain Dec 1898 Captain
Tickell	Frederick		7/3/1857	19/9/1919	Commandant	Brisbane
Trinnett					Assistant Paymaster		Yes		1907
Wade	Newton				Medical Officer		unattached		1904
Ward	John Whittaker				Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Warren					Commander		Yes		1912 Lieutenant-Commander 1912
Weatherill	William John				Commander		Retired List		1904
Widdup	Ernest						Yes		Yes early 1901 possibly til courtmartialeld and dismissed from Navy in 1910
Wiley	N.G.								1900 - possibly Rockhampton Naval Brigade
Williams	Frederick George	Canon			Chaplain	Townsville
Williams	Robert Bryce Russell				Lieutenant		Retired List		1904
Wilson	James								1912-1913
Wilson	C.E.				First Engineer	Brisbane	Yes		Dec 1885
Wright	Henry Townley				Captain, Commandant	Brisbane	Yes		Dec 1885 (Gayundah had a crew of 40 at this time) Dec 1898

Genealogy

It’s become a very popular, and fascinating, hobby to investigate our family histories. In the course of doing so, many people have come across links with Gayundah (or Paluma) which they’d like to share, and also seeking further information on relatives who did, or may have, served aboard these ships.

While I simply don’t have the time to investigate people’s family histories (and I’m sure no-one expects me to) I am very happy to read, and publish, your stories.

If you know from your research that you have a relative who served (or may have served) aboard these ships, I am very happy to include these details in the hope that some other site visitor may be able to shed some light !

Naturally this information also helps me in my own research on the ship and her crew.