Amphlett, Edward Albert

Date of Birth	1828-03-08
Date of Death	1896-01-31
Age	68
Birth Place	Unavailable,
Died During Service	Yes

Service Details

Service	RN - Royal Navy
Date of Entry	1847-10-12
Rank	Paymaster
Rate	Paymaster
Service Period	circa 1863
Active Service (War service)	Baltic & Opium Wars
Service Record	Yes

Cemetery Details

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Cemetery Name	St Thomas Rest Park
Cemetery Address	Crows Nest, NSW
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Notes

Amphlett was paymaster of the HMS Orpheus when she was wrecked with great loss of life on Manukau Bar, New Zealand in 1863. See Sources

Sources

UK Archives ADM-196-74-59, ADM-196-77-43 & ADM-196-11-103 New Zealand’s Worst Shipwreck O'Byrne's Dictionary of Naval Biography. 1861.

• Naval Historical Society of Australia - Edward Albert Amphlett – Paymaster RN
• The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) Saturday 8 February 1896 - Page 303
• Naval Historical Society of Australia - Loss of HMS Orpheus

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