Frederick (Captain Thunderbolt) Ward (1835 - 1870), by Samuel Calvert, courtesy of La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. IAN18/06/70/116. .Image Details

WARD, FREDERICK (1835-1870), bushranger, alias 'CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT', was born at Windsor, New South Wales. He was working as a drover and horse-breaker at Tocal station on the Paterson River when arrested with James Garbutt for receiving seventy-five stolen horses at Maitland on 21 April 1856; they were sentenced to ten years hard labour on 13 August.

Released conditionally from Cockatoo Island on 31 July 1860, Ward worked as a horse-breaker at Cooyal near Mudgee until his ticket-of-leave was cancelled on 17 September 1861 for 'absence from Muster' and he was tried on 3 October for horse-stealing. Returned to Cockatoo Island to complete his original sentence with an additional three years, Ward escaped with Frederick Brittain about 11 September 1863, probably assisted by his wife Mary ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography