Dr John White FLS, Surgeon-General of NSW: a portrait by Thomas Watling, E. Charles Nelson

Vol 40 no 3, Aug 2018
Article from Vol 40 no 3, Aug 2018

Dr John White FLS, Surgeon-General of NSW: a portrait by Thomas Watling, E. Charles Nelson

Abstract:

John White was born at Drumaran, County Fermanagh in north-western Ireland about 1756 – not England as is sometimes claimed.1 He entered the Royal Navy as a surgeon’s mate in 1778 and rose to naval surgeon; in this capacity he was appointed to serve as surgeon on the transport Charlotte in the First Fleet, which left Portsmouth for New South Wales in 1787.

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