Fred Ivimey

Frederick Elder Birbeck Ivimey was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Ivimey represented and at a provincial level between 1907 and 1913. He travelled with the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1910 [New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1910 tour of Australia], but played just one match, against Queensland, because of injury. He did not appear in any Test matches.
A son of Robert Lincoln Ivimey, Ivimey was a great-grandson of John Ivimey, a younger brother of Joseph Ivimey, Baptist minister and historian. He was also a cousin of the organist and composer John Ivimey. Born in Prittlewell, Essex, England, on 28 March 1880, Ivimey emigrated to New Zealand as a child. He served with New Zealand forces during the Second Boer War and later served as a regular soldier from 1904 until 1931. During World War II Ivimey served as a records and recruitment officer in Christchurch from 1939, before being transferred to the retired list with the rank of captain in August 1944. He died in Christchurch on 6 December 1961.