History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Biographies/William Philip Bechervaise/Notes/1840s

1849 06
First reference to the unusual surname Bechervaise in Trove Newspapers, possibly a letter to Bechervaise's brother, later a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy "General Post Office, Sydney, 1st June, 1849. LIST of Ship Letters detained in consequence of the Sea Postage required thereon, not having been paid. . . . Bechervaise Mr., H. M.S. 'Excellent,' Portsmouth."