Owen Gorman
British army officer and penal colony commandant
About Owen Gorman
Born 1799.
Owen Gorman (1799–1862) was a British Army officer and commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony.
Early life Gorman was born on 25 July 1799 at Clogham, King's County, Ireland.
Later life Gorman resigned his commission in the army in 1845.
Gorman died on 6 October 1862 in Armidale.
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British army officer and penal colony commandant
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Owen Gorman was born in 1799.
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