Alfred Louis Kivell (12 April 1897 – 1 September 1987) was a New Zealand

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player. A loose forward, Kivell represented at a provincial level between 1920 and 1930. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, on their 1929 tour of Australia, playing in five matches including two internationals. Sources vary as to Kivell's place of birth: either

Tararu Tararu is a former gold-mining village on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it; Te Puru being about to the north, and Thames about to the south. Tararu has a boat ramp, a 91-dwelling reti ...

, near

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; or

Karangahake The Karangahake Gorge lies between the Coromandel and Kaimai ranges, at the southern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. A sharply winding canyon, it was formed by the Ohinemuri River. State Highway 2 passes throug ...

, near

Paeroa Paeroa is a town in the Hauraki District of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou River and Ohinemuri River, and is approximately 20 kilo ...

. Kivell enlisted as a

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in the

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in March 1917, and served with the

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in France in the last months of

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. He died on 1 September 1987.

References

1897 births 1987 deaths People educated at Stratford High School, New Zealand New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Taranaki rugby union players Rugby union flankers New Zealand military personnel of World War I {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub