Lieutenant George Gravatt (1815-1843) was an officer in the British Army, and from May till July of 1839 was briefly commander of the Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...

 settlement in what is now Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Australia

Australia

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Gravatt was born in Woolwich

Woolwich

Woolwich is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.Woolwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created...

 in London in 1815.

A local hill was named Mount Gravatt, and later this name was transferred to the local suburb.

Gravatt was transferred with his regiment, the 28th Foot Regiment, to Karachi

Karachi

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 India

India

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, where he died in 1843.