HM Prison Pentridge - Escapes

Escapes

• 1851 Frank Gardiner - one of fifteen to escape that day
• 1899 Pierre Douar – Suicided after recapture
• 1901 Mr Sparks – never heard of again
• 1901 John O'Connor – Caught in Sydney two weeks later
• 1926 J.K. Monson – caught several weeks later in W.A.
• 1939 George Thomas Howard – caught after two days
• 1940 K.R. Jones – Caught in Sydney two weeks later
• 1951 Victor Franz – caught next day.
• 1952 Kevin Joiner – Shot dead escaping
• 1952 Maxwell Skinner – pushed off prison wall, broke leg
• 1957 Willam O'Malley – caught after 15 minutes
• 1957 John Henry Taylor – caught after 15 minutes
• 1961 Maurice Watson – caught next day
• 1961 Gordon Hutchinson – caught next day
• 1965 Ronald Ryan – caught in Sydney 19 days later
• 1965 Peter Walker – caught in Sydney 19 days later
• 1972 Dennis Denehy –
• 1972 Gary Smedley –
• 1972 Alan Mansell –
• 1972 Henry Carlson –
• 1973 Harold Peckman – caught next day
• 1974 Edward "Jockey" Smith –
• 1974 Robert Hughes –
• 1974 George Carter –
• 1976 John Charles Walker –
• 1977 David Keys –
• 1977 Peter James Dawson and three others
• 1980 Gregory David Roberts (at the time known as Gregory Smith) – escaped in broad daylight with Trevor Jolly and subsequently went to India after a brief period in New Zealand
• 1980 Trevor Jolly –
• 1982 Harry Richard Nylander –
• 1987 Dennis Mark Quinn – Recaptured in New Zealand 19 days later.