Oliver Sproule R. N.,
Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Date of Seniority Royal Navy 16 September 1816
Naval Service
Oliver Sproule was appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Batavier Hospital Ship on 26 July 1814. [1] He was on the List of Medical Officers who served at war..... he was Assistant-Surgeon of the Leander at Algiers [2].He was appointed Surgeon on 16 September 1816.[3]
He was appointed Surgeon to the Brisk in 1822. [4]
Surgeon Superintendent
Oliver Sproule was appointed Surgeon Superintendent on five convict ship voyages to Australia:- Borneo to VDL in 1828
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Larkins to NSW in 1829. Returned to England on the Wanstead.[5]
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Jane to NSW in 1831
- Isabella to VDL in 1833
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Lady Nugent to NSW in 1835
Surgeon Superintendent Emigrant Ship
He was on the List of Surgeons remunerated for services as Surgeon Superintendents in 1838. He was paid £170 for his employment on the immigrant vessel Strathfieldsaye from Limerick on 30th January 1838.[6]Naval Service
He was on the List of Surgeons of the Royal Navy who were fit for service in 1841, 1844 and 1852 and on the retired list in 1871[7]Death
Oliver Sproule died in 1869 -February 1869 - Died Feb 17, at Brook Hill, near Omagh, Oliver Sproule Esq., surgeon Royal Navy, aged 82 years - Londonderry Sentinel [8]
References
[1] The Navy List[2] Naval Service Medal Roll
[3] List of Flag Officers and Other Commissioned Officers.
[4] Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
[5] Oriental Herald
[6] Correspondence between Colonial Departments
[7] New Edinburgh Almanac
[8] Sproule Family Notes Co. Tyrone
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