CAMPBELL, Malcolm Livingstone
| Service Numbers: | 50, 603 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1859 |
| Home Town: | Tatham, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Canterbury, Sydney- New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1926, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Plot: Pbn Y 0032 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 50, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 11 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 50, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 457 notes 2nd QMI embarked 13 Jan 1900 aboard Maori King arriving Cape Town 24 Feb 1900. | |
| 17 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 50, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes returned to Australia aboard Tongariro arriving Brisbane 3 May 1901, discharged 17 May 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 603, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes the First Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 20 Aug 1901 aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 603, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 41, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Malcolm Livingstone Campbell served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 50, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private S.N. 603, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
He embarked for the first time to South Africa with the 2nd QMI on 13 Jan 1900. He was invalided from this service and returned to Brisbane for discharge on 17 May 1901. On his Boer War Dossier for that service, held by National Archives Australia, he gave his age on that date as 37 years 10 months indicating he apparently lowered his age for service.
Not long after his return he joined again in Brisbane with the 6th QIB and was selected as part of the 1st Draft of the 6th that embarked on 20 Aug 1901, some 4 months after the main 6th QIB had left. The men selected in the 1st Draft in the main consisted of men who had previously served in previous contingents in South Africa, and were being sent as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa.
The men in the draft were not entered on the original nominal roll of the 6th QIB but were recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB held by Qld State Archives. In his entry it is noted he returned to Australia and was discharged in Brisbane on 12 Jun 1902, and notes he gave his address post discharge as Tatham, Richmond River, NSW.
Malcolm Livingstone Campbell was born on 16 Jun 1859 at Newcastle, NSW, a son to Patrick Frederick Campbell and Ann Campbell (nee Livingston). His father passed in 1894 and in his obituary published in The Richmond River Herald, 27 Apr 1894, it noted that he had relocated his young family from Newcastle to Tatham on the Richmond River in 1869.
(source- Boer War Nominl Roll, Murray p. 460 & 518; national Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 1st service; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 2nd QMI, Bk 1 p. 23, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 41).
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