George Bolton Humphreys

[michaelcharles]

George Bolton Humphreys, an emigrant to Australia, enlisted in South Africa for the Boer War with the Durban Light Infantry (689 PTE). He is known to have recovered from injuries received in 1900, and is believed to have died around 1921. Can anyone help fill in the gaps? thank you.

[Nookie]

Morning. I see that there is an online tree for him with some information on his life here. If you google his name it should come up.

Will see if I can find more information on his time here.

[Nookie]

Do you know when he was born?

I have found a death notice for a George Bolton Humphreys who died in Johannesburg on 24 March 1941 and who was born round 1856.  He had worked as a miner.

[Nookie]

I have sent a PM with more information.

[michaelcharles]

Thank you Nookie. George was born in 1861. He married a Laura Alan in Australia. I know of his military record, but am interested to know what happened tp him after that. Cheers.

[pampoen]

George Bolton Humphries from Woolongong in
NSW was also serving on the armoured train on
15 November 1899 with the Durban Light
Infantry when he was shot through both legs. He
too was among the group of about 50 who were
taken prisoner with Winston Churchill. The
Boers thought his wounds were too serious for
them to handle so they dropped him off at
Ladysmith where he remained throughout the
Siege. He was one of only five Durban Light
Infantry men to receive the ‘Defence of
Ladysmith’ clasp on his Queens South Africa
Medal.
Humphries’ two sons were both killed in action
with the A.I.F. during the First World War—
one at Villers-Bretonneux and the other is on the
‘Le Grande Hasard Military Cemetery’ Memorial
at Morbecque.