LIVERMORE, Allan Edward
| Service Numbers: | Q16185, QX59267 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | HQ Eastern Command |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | New Farm State High School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant and clerk |
| Died: | 23 December 1956, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1941: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, Q16185, also QX59267 | |
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| 17 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 7 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q16185, Served with the Citizens Military Service until 22 Nov 1943. | |
| 7 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q16185, Called up for full time duty, 'Chermside', Brisbane. | |
| 10 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q16185, 9th Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength. | |
| 14 Jul 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Oct 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion, To the Queensland ‘Line of Communication’ records office, ‘X’ list Goondiwindi, Queensland. | |
| 23 Nov 1943: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX59267, also Q16185 | |
| 23 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX59267, Service number changed from Q16185 to QX59267. | |
| 23 Nov 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX59267 | |
| 22 Dec 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , HQ Eastern Command, To New Guinea ‘Lines of Communication’ area records office Queensland detachment, Warwick, (Queensland). | |
| 2 Jun 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, HQ Eastern Command | |
| 16 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX59267, HQ Eastern Command, 2nd Australian Advance 2 Echelon, embarked at Brisbane Queensland per USAT 'Sea Barb'(troop transport ship to transport men, equipment and supplies during World War 2). | |
| 22 Jun 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, HQ Eastern Command, Transferred to 'A' detachment, 2nd Australian Advance 2 Echelon Queensland. | |
| 29 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX59267, HQ Eastern Command, Disembarked at Morotai (Indonesia). | |
| 30 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX59267, HQ Eastern Command, Taken on strength from the 2nd Australian Advance 2 Echelon, Morotai (Indonesia). | |
| 2 Jan 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2 | |
| 15 Feb 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX59267, Embarked on ‘HMAS Quadrant’ at Morotai (Indonesia). | |
| 23 Feb 1946: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX59267, Disembarked at Brisbane, Queensland. | |
| 8 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX59267 |
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Biography
Australian Rugby Union Representative
Wallaby #330 2 Caps
Position; Flanker
Province; QLD
Debut Club; YMCA (Brisbane)
Other Club; New Farm (Brisbane), Southern Districts (Brisbane)
Representative; The Rest v. Australia XV trial 1946, Queensland 1948
Debut Test Match; 1946 Wallabies v New Zealand, 1st Test Dunedin
Final Test Match; 1946 Wallabies v New Zealand Maori, Hamilton
Allan Livermore was a tireless loose forward and brilliant goal kicker who rose to national honours when rugby international rugby resumed after World War II.
Born in Brisbane and educated at New Farm State High School, Livermore played his early club rugby with New Farm and then YMCA where his play saw him referred to as ‘the mighty atom’.
He had a remarkable 1939, particularly with his goal-kicking, and went within a whisker of passing 1933 uncapped Wallaby Bernie Doneley’s all-time single season record of 184 points. When combined with his strong general play it was no surprise that Livermore won a place in one of the strongest Queensland forward packs to have worn the maroon jersey since the revival of the code in 1920. He then joined the Army and rose to the rank of Warrant Officer Class Two, 2nd Echelon, 2nd Australian Imperial Force.
In 1946 Livermore broke Doneley’s record with 193 points and earned selection for The Rest v. Australia XV trial ahead of the tour to New Zealand. He scored nine points in the Rest’s come from behind 30-22 win and earned a spot in the touring party. When two of the other three flankers on tour - Bill McLean and Keith Windon - succumbed to early injuries, Livermore won a Test debut in Dunedin. He held his place for the Maori match (one that was not elevated to Test status until 1986) before McLean returned in Auckland.
A year later Livermore stood down from Queensland selection as his job would not allow him to tour, if selected, with Third Wallabies to the U.K. and Europe at the end of the year. He considered it was his duty to make himself unavailable rather than keep another forward out of the Australian team. Livermore played for Queensland against the Wallabies and Newcastle in 1948 before he retired at the end of that season.
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