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Ivan Young (Cricket 1906).
Ivan Young played an active role in the early development of armoured vehicles during World War I. He offered a Daimler car for development as an armoured vehicle in on 17 August 1915 and this became the first armoured vehicle completed on the 7 February 1916. It was closely followed by a second armoured vehicle on a Mercedes chassis. After testing both vehicles were presented to Senator Pearce at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne on 28 April 1916. They were later used in the Middle East. Ivan worked on the original conversion of vehicles to armoured cars.