Free Settler or Felon
Patrick McTernan R. N.,
Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Earlier Naval Service
Patrick McTernan was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 8 October 1811. He was appointed Surgeon to the Eden in 1822 [1].Convict Ships
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on four convict ship voyages to Australia:Mariner in 1827 to New South Wales;
Manlius to Van Diemen's Land in 1828;
Katherine Stewart Forbes in 1830;
Dunvegan Castle in 1832 to New South Wales.
737 prisoners arrived in Australia under his care and only four men were lost overall.