LIVESEY, Hampden Gibbon
| Service Number: | 26 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 8 May 1846 |
| Home Town: | West End, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | At home, Draper Street, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1926, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Monumental East Side, Row G1, Site 1448 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 26, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 26, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 18 Aug 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 467 notes promoted to Farrier-Sergeant-Major; Aust Boer War Memorial database Bio notes effective from 18 Aug 1900. | |
| 18 Aug 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 26, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 467 notes slightly wounded Ottoshoop, East Rhodesia 4-18th August 1900 |
Hampden Gibbon Livesey
Hampden Gibbon Livesey was born ca 1847 in Basdon, Nottinghamshire, England, to parents John and Martha (nee Bunting). In the 1851 UK Census, Hampden was enumerated as "Gibbon" aged 4, living with parents and several siblings in Lenton, Nottinghamshire; his father was listed as a "Lace Designer and Draughtsman". By 1861, the UK Census has his father listed as a Silk Lace (& ??) Manufacturer. Hampden is listed as Hampden G. Livesey, aged 14, Scholar.
At some point after 1861, the family emigrates to Australia.
In 1874, Hampden marries Jane Anne Anderton (Source: QLD BDM: 1874 C720 Hampden Gibbon Livesey Jane Anne Anderton).
Hampden died 19 April 1926 in Queensland. (Source: QLD BDM:1926 C1466 Hampden Gibbon Livesey John Livesey Martha Bunting).
MR. H. G. Livesey
There passed away in Cairns early yesterday (Monday) morning, Mr. Hampden Gibbon Livesey, at the ripe old age of 80 years. Deceased was very well known
and highly respected, and had been a resident of Cairns for very many years.
Mrs. A. P. Robins (Victoria-street), is a daughter, and Mr. H. B. Livesey
(Bowen), is a son. The funeral moved from the Masonic Hall, Minnie-street
yesterday afternoon, and was attended by a representative gathering. The R.
S. S. I. L. A. being represented. The casket was draped with the Union Jack.
Deceased served with the Empire in the South African war. Mr. J . S. Bartlett
conducted the Masonic burial service at the graveside. There were many floral
tributes. (Source: OBITUARY. MR. H. G. LIVESEY. (1926, April 20). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 5).
Submitted 6 May 2016 by Timna Green
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. H. G Livesay, one of the early settlers of Queensland, passed way at his residence in Draper-street, Cairns, on Sunday. Mr. Livesay has had a most varied career. Coming to Sydney from the Old Country when quite a youth he first of all turned his hand to all kinds of work but gradually his rovings brought him to Queensland. At Mt Tambourine he was the first white man to shoot a lyre bird, which specimen is now in the Queensland Museum, together with a host of other stuffed birds, corals and other interesting specimens of Queensland and New Guinea natural history and geology. When Sir William MacGregor was Governor of New Guinea, Mr Livesay,who had joined the police at Cairns, was transferred to Port Moresby as Commandant of Police. He held that position until the Boer War broke out. At that time he was 64 years of age, and he joined up as a private with the Third Queensland Contingent, being the oldest man to serve in the Boer War. He was made sergeant farrier, and after being at the seige of Ladysmith and the Spion Kop battle, he was severely wounded. He was invalided home, and ever since spent a quiet time I Cairns, except for a few brief visits to Brisbane and Mt. Tambourne to visit friends and recall old times Mr Livesay was the first man to discover the Chillagoe Caves, and together with his son Harry revealed theie beautiés to the late Governor Blackall. Most of the official photos of the caves in the Tourist Bureau, are the work of Mr Livesay, taken 38 years ago. Mr Livesay whose father was a temperance reformer in England, had a family of two sons and two daughters one son and daughter of whom are still living. It was Mri Livesay's intention to come to Brisbane to participate in the Boer War Veteran's Anniversary in May next and at last night's meeting of the association feeling reference was made to his death and a vote of sympathy with his relatives was passed.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Hampden Gibbon Livesey was born in 1874 (presumed in England), a son to John and Martha Livesey. By 1874 he was living in Queensland when he married Jane Ann Anderton on 25 Feb 1874 and they would have five children. In 1874 he was working as an Engineer in Stanthorpe, Qld; 1883-1887 as a Plumber-Tinsmith in Herberton, Nth. Queensland; and 1887-1893 he was a Photographer for Qld Mining.
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