Mr Alan Frederick Johnston Limer (Stradbroke 1956-1965)

Life Saving 1 – he pulled David Forster (S58-64) out of the old swimming pool at Fram in the period 1963 to 1965, probably 64 or 65.  David Forster was a dayboy.  What happened was that Alan noticed a stream of bubbles rising to the surface (many will remember the colour was an impenetrable muddy green) and dived down and found David Forster on the bottom and brought him up to the surface and to the edge of the pool.  He was unconscious.  He was pulled out and laid on the grass bank where he recovered.  In a sad foot note, David Forster died in 1969 at the age of just 23.  3 weeks before his death he had emigrated to Perth Australia to become an accountant, which he just qualified in England for.  He was accidentally electrocuted.

Life Saving 2 – In the period 2000 – 2002, Alan was running a yacht club rally in the Beaulieu River and perched in his inflatable at the stern of a yacht, chatting to those on board.  He had been running a ferry service from boat to boat.  The next boat out was Major League, a 45 feet motor yacht belonging to Peter Ralls QC, and there was another boat outside them.  On the stern of Major League were some young children.  One of them, Jack Ralls (aged 3), fell off the back.    Alan says “I rapidly entered the water and caught him as the tide started pushing him under the yacht.  With a couple of breast stroke kicks I brought him back to the surface and presented him to concerned parents.”