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John Macarthur Livingston

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Personal Information
Date of Birth unknown
Place of Birth Fremantle, Western Australia
Death 15 Apr 1964, aged 68
Place of Death Kalamunda, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 21 years, 4 months
Description 5' 7" (1.70m) tall; weight 121lbs (54.9 kg); fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair
Occupation orchardist
Religion Presbyterian
Address Bedfordale, Western Australia
Next of Kin Father Mr Malcolm Livingston
Military Information
Reg Number 6534
Date of Enlistment 12 Apr 1916
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 11th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement C Company / 3rd Brigade, 1st Division
Date of Embarkation 10 Oct 1916 - 2 Dec 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A23 Suffolk
Date of Return 9 Feb 1919 - 24 Mar 1919
Ship Returned On HMAT A11 Ascanius
Fate Missing in Action, later Prisoner of War 15 Apr 1917
Returned to Australia
Monument Armadale (Bedfordale panel)
Bedfordale Honour Roll
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

Electoral Roll entries - 1917 Bedfordale, an orchardist

War Service

Three weeks after entering camp John was allocated to the 21st reinforcement draft for the 11th Battalion. After almost six months in WA, they embarked for England.

On arrival in England he was sent to the 3rd Training Battalion at Perham Downs to prepare for France. Left England from Folkestone on HMT Victoria on 4 Feb 1917 and joined C Company 11th Battalion in France at Basentin-le-Petit on 10 Feb 1917.

While they were in the front line at Louverval, a strong German attack was made during 14 Apr 1917 on outposts manned by members of C Company, and a number of men were captured after they had run out of ammunition. In the battalion's war diary there is a report of some of them charging the enemy with bayonets alone , and the discovery of the body of their officer after the fight was over.

John was held as a POW in Dulmen and Limburg in Germany and in Heilsberg East Prussia from Apr 1917 to Dec 1918. Initially listed as missing on Casualty List 334, he was later recorded as a POW.

Repatriated via Hull where he arrived on 9 Dec 1918 and was sent to London on 11 Dec 1918.

Discharged 5th Military District 5 May 1919.

Mr and Mrs. M. Livingston, Bedfordale have received a notification from the Defence Department that their only son Jack, has been missing since April 16.[1]


Post War

Married Emma Eliza [Kitty] Murphy in Quairading during 1924. Emma died 22 May 1995 aged 97.

Electoral Roll entries - 1921 - 1949 farming at Quairading with Emma; 1954 they have moved to East Beverley; 1958 at Greenhills; 1963 retired at 46 Heath road, Kalamunda. No children's birth registered before 1932.

References

  1. "WAR CASUALTIES.". The West Australian. XXXIII, (4,716). Western Australia. 15 May 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia. 

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