NAM.1978-07-41-1

Photocopied typescript transcript of the diary of Ens Alexander Huey, 73rd Regiment of Foot, 5 May 1809 to 21 Feb 1811. The account covers the voyage of the 73rd Regiment of Foot in the ‘Dromedary’ and ‘Hindostan’ from the Isle of Wight to Australia and garrison duty near Sydney, Jan to Apr 1810. There is then a gap until 29 Oct 1810 when Huey Leaves on the ‘Atalanta’ to take dispatches back to England. The diary ends in 21 Feb 1811 at Latitude 24.30 S.