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[edit] Personal Details
| Name: | Aldred
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| Position/Rank: | Captain - Riverton Pilot
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| Ethnicity: | NZ?
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| Date of Birth: |
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| Date of Death: | 19/04/1863
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| Age at Death: |
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| Location of Death: | Near Riverton Heads
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[edit] Vessel
| Name: | Cutter Fly
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| Date of Accident: | 19/04/1863
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| Location of Accident: | Near Riverton Heads
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| See also: |
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| Further Info: | Further information in New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795 to 1960. Page 73.
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[edit] Comments
Captain Aldred drowned when the boat in which he was saving - the Master and the Crew of the Fly - capsized. The Pilot, one of his Boat crew and two of the Vessel's crew drowned.
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