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Name:
William Henry Attfield
Sex:
Male
Father:
James Attfield (1840-1898)
Mother:
Janet Donovan (c. 1849-1924)
Note:
William Henry Attfield served on the following ships in the period July 1893 to January 1899: Boscawen, Melampus, Vivid I, Defiance, Endymion, Royalist. Discharge: "Run 3.1.99 Auckland NZ".
Deserters from Her Majesty's Service; From H.M.S. "Royalist" at Auckland, 3 January 1899:
WILLIAM HENRY ATTFIELD, A.B., born at Wandsworth, 5 ft. 6 in. high, twenty-two years of age, brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, ship tattooed on left arm.
New Zealand Police Gazette, 18 Jan 1899
Birth:
14 Oct 1877
Clapham, Surrey
Birth fact:
1877 (age 0)
1877 Dec Q, Wandsworth, 1d/602
Baptism:
14 Jun 1880 (age 2)
St Philip, Battersea, Surrey
Census (1):
1881 (age 3-4)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1891 (age 13-14)
Living with parents
Occupation (1):
14 Oct 1895 (age 18)
Enlisted into Royal Navy for 12 years
Occupation (2):
3 Jan 1899 (age 21)
Deserted from H.M. Navy ship at Auckland, New Zealand
William Henry Attfield served on the following ships in the period July 1893 to January 1899: Boscawen, Melampus, Vivid I, Defiance, Endymion, Royalist. Discharge: "Run 3.1.99 Auckland NZ".
Deserters from Her Majesty's Service; From H.M.S. "Royalist" at Auckland, 3 January 1899:
WILLIAM HENRY ATTFIELD, A.B., born at Wandsworth, 5 ft. 6 in. high, twenty-two years of age, brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, ship tattooed on left arm.
New Zealand Police Gazette, 18 Jan 1899