Hello Maureen. Thanks for your message. The problem is that I have no idea at which port he would have left the ship and that would mean checking every port, not just capital cities. Cheers, Bob in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Arthur" <maltesemanor@hotmail.com> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Percy BENSON > > Hello Bob. > > I hope that you find Percy one of these days, as you've been looking for > him > for a long time. > > re: your suggestion that he may have 'jumped ship' - the old Police > Gazettes > in each state have entries regarding deserters in Australian ports. Have > you > plowed through these yet? They usually give a good description of the > deserter. Often there was a reward offered for information leading to the > arrest of these deserters. I don't have any Gazettes, but I have read > them > whilst trying to find my rellies and this could be an avenue you may want > to > try, if you haven't already. You might find them in either your State > Archives or State Library. > > Good luck, and I hope that you'll let us all know when you do find your > elusive Percy! > > Maureen. >