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Frederick Whipple

Also known as: Frederick Whipple; primary name: Whipple, Frederick James
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: -1859
Other dates: c. 1840-
Biography: Assistant surgeon in charge of the hospital at Port Essington and possible collector of objects sent to Haslar Hospital Museum which subsequently came to the British Museum. Spent two years working on HMS Fly and an associated cutter, the Prince George, surveying Torres Straits and the south coast of Papua New Guinea.
Bibliography: Daniel Simpson, 2021 The Royal Navy in Indigenous Austraia, 1795-1855.