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Greenslade, WilliamPrivate of Marines |
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| Born: England | |
| Greenslade was a Private of Marines. He was one of the twelve Marines who joined HMS Endeavour on 16 August 1768. |
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| On 26 March 1769, Preston was caught stealing a seal's skin and reported to Cook by John Edgcumbe, Sergeant of Marines. Before Cook could interview him Preston escaped, jumped overboard and drowned. | |
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| Parties: Marines | |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000401 |