Sergeant Major Hampden Livesey

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Hampden Gibbon Livesey
Ancestor's date of birth: 08/05/1846
Ancestor's date of death: 18/04/1926
Cause of Death: As per death certificate chronic nephritia, and bronchitis, heart failure.
Service and Life Before the Boer War: 1874 Engineer-Stanthorpe Sth Qld,1883-1887 Plumber-Tinsmith Herberton Nth Qld, 1887-1892 Photographer own studio and for Qld Mining, 12 June 1899, Completed Musketry Course 3^rd Reg. F Company, Private Farrier.
Service Number: 26
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Townsville or Brisbane
Unit: 3^rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: SMAJ, Date Effective: 18/08/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 467
Contingent: Third Queensland
Ship: Duke of Portland, Date of Sailing: 02/03/1900
Memorial details: Buried in Cairns QLD
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Relief of Mafeking, Rhodesia and Transvaal clasps.
Personal Characteristics: We know that Hampden was a very staunch and patriotic man. He was also a masonic lodge member until his death, and was given a full masonic burial in Cairns.
Reasons to go and fight: We believe that he enlisted to serve his country be it for the empire-he was a volunteer and a pioneer of northern Queensland, Hampden's eldest sister Amy Livesey, married James Pittendrigh in NSW, and his family had diamond mines in South Africa.
Details of service in war: Enlisted as a Private- Farrier. Promoted Sergeant Major in the field. Hampden Livesey was the oldest member of the Boer War volunteers in Queensland, we have a photo of him with Charles Shaw the youngest member. We know that he was at the Elands River, and the relief of Mafikeng. Slightly wounded Ottoshoop, East Rhodesia 4-18th August 1900.
Service and life after the Boer War: After returning from Boer War he participated in many community affairs, also after the death of his youngest daughter ivy (who died three months after having her son),he and his wife were the carers of their grandson ivan (my grandfather),until Hampden's death in 1926. I will include, newspaper write ups in the post, showing he was a well-respected man in north Queensland. He also attended the veterans association in Brisbane. (Please note NO photos or documents were received by post of email.)

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Susan Jane Wilson, Halifax QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grandaughter

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