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Name	Frederick Ward
Alternative Names	Captain Thunderbolt
Born	1835 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 May, 1870 (aged ~ 35) Kentucky Creek, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bugg, Mary Ann (partner) Lang, John Dunmore (acquaintance) McIntyre, William (acquaintance) Blackman, Thomas Henry (acquaintance) Garland, James (police investigator)
Passenger Ship *	Eden (1848)
Occupation or Descriptor *	horse thief (1856-1856) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1856-1863) New South Wales, Australia horse thief (1861-1861) New South Wales, Australia prison escapee (1863-1870) New South Wales, Australia bushranger (1865-1870) New South Wales, Australia
Key Places *	Cockatoo Island penal establishment (NSW) (prisoner) Cockatoo Island penal establishment (NSW) (prisoner, 1856-1863)
Properties *	Tocal (NSW) (station hand, ?-1856)

* Dates are approximate