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British convict transportation O to Z

Last name:
Shanks
First name:
John
Place of conviction:
Berwick, Berwick upon Tweed Boro' Quarter Sessions
Alias names:
Sentence details:
Convicted at Berwick, Berwick upon Tweed Boro' Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 15 April 1844
Vessel:
William Jardine
Departure date:
10 August 1844
Arrival place:
Van Diemen's Land
Publication:
John Shanks, one of 270 convicts transported on the William Jardine, 10 August 1844
Notes:
140 of these convicts previously had been trans-shipped to Gibraltar where they subsequently embarked
Source:
British convict transportation registers and others