Free Settler or Felon
Convict and Colonial History




Patrick McTernan R. N.,

Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent


Date of seniority 4 January 1821 [1]

Patrick McTernan was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 8 October 1811. He was appointed Surgeon to the Eden in 1822 [2].

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.

References

[1] A list of the masters, medical officers, and pursers of his majesty's fleet

[2] The Morning Chronicle 3 October 1822