In June 1789, Bass passed a naval medical examination, which allowed him to join the navy immediately as 'Mr Bass', first assistant to a surgeon on a first-rate ship. He joined the 'HMS Flirt', a 14 gun sloop under the command of Captain James Norman, serving as Surgeon's mate.
George Lambert - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1796.
George Townshend - Royal Navy officer - died in 1769.
George Martin - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1764.
George Farmer - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1732.
George Churchill - Royal Navy officer - died in 1710.
George Churchill - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1654.
George Egerton - Royal Navy officer - died in 1940.
George Townshend - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1715.
George Bass was British. He was born 30 January 1771, Aswarby, Lincolnshire, England, U.K. He became a surgeon in the British Royal Navy, and went on to explore various parts of the East Coast of Australia.
George Murray - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1759-01.
George Watson - Royal Navy officer - died on 1897-04-26.
George Lambert - Royal Navy officer - died on 1869-06-05.