John Smith, a shoemaker, was sentenced to life transportation for house breaking. He arrived in Sydney in December 1808 aboard the Admiral Gambier. In 1810 and 1817 he petitioned for a mitigation of sentence. In 1824 he petitioned for, and received, an absolute pardon.
'Smith, John Frederick (1788–1860)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-john-frederick-28073/text35788, accessed 19 April 2021.
1788
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
9 July 1860
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia