• Site Links
• Convict History
• Convict Ship Surgeons
• John Crocket

John Crocket R. N.,

Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent

---

Date of Seniority Royal Navy 17 August 1815


John Crockett was included in the Navy List of Medical Officers of 1814. [1] He was appointed Surgeon on the Cygnet in 1819.

Surgeon Superintendent

John Crocket was appointed surgeon on two convict ship voyages to Australia:

1). Prince of Orange to Van Diemen's Land in 1822

2). Mangles to New South Wales in 1824. He kept a Medical Journal from 27 May to 1 November 1824 [3]

Family

He was a brother of Henry Crocket of Van Diemen's Land. [2]

Unfit for Service 1841

John Crocket was on the List of Surgeons of the Royal Navy who were unfit for service in 1841

References

[1] Navy List 1814

[2] Australian Medical Pioneer Index

[3] Medical journal of the Mangles convict ship from 27 May to 1 November 1824 by John Crocket, surgeon and superintendent


Top