A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roe, John Septimus
ROE. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 14; h-p., 20.)
John Septimus Roe entered the Navy, 11 June, 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, attached to the Channel fleet; and, on 21 Oct. following,was present at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate Le Weser. Between Aug. 1814 and Jan. 1817 he served on the Newfoundland, Home, and East India stations in the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon; he was next, from Feb. in the latter year until June, 1823, employed under Capt. Philip Parker King on surveying service in New South Wales, part of the time in the Bathurst sloop, of which vessel he was created a Lieutenant 25 April, 1822; and in Feb. 1824, he obtained an appointment to the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. In that ship, in which he continued until 1823, he assisted in establishing a colony on Melville Island, Australia, and, on proceeding to India, joined in the closing operations of the Burmese war. Since the date last mentioned he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Roe has for many years filled the appointment of Surveyor-General in Western Australia. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.