Guide (ship)

Guide was a convict ship that transported six convicts from Calcutta, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1855. It arrived in Fremantle on January 9, 1855. The six convicts were all soldiers who had been convicted by court-martial and sentenced to transportation. In addition to the convicts, there were 16 passengers on board.

List of convicts on the Guide

Name	Date of birth	Trial place	Trial date	Crime	Sentence
Thomas Clements (aka Claymounts)	1818	Bombay	1854	Insubordination (Navy)	7 years
Thomas Coe	1827	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Isaac Geldert	1820	Unknown	1854	Insubordination (Navy)	7 years
Thomas Pacey	1827	Unknown	26 April 1853	Murder	Life
Edwin Pearce	1833	Bombay	1854	Insubordination (Army)	7 years
Jonathan Taylor	1831	Liverpool	1850	Burglary	20 years

See also

• List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia
• Convict era of Western Australia

References

• "Western Australian Convicts - Guide 1855". http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa14.html. Retrieved February 17, 2006.