Outdoor group portrait of members of the Scottish-born soccer team on the occasion of a match ...

Outdoor group portrait of members of the Scottish-born soccer team on the occasion of a match between Scottish and English-born players at Fremantle, 1914. The Scottish team, dressed in the Caledonian Soccer Club strip, won the game, one goal to nil. Identified in this photograph are players from the Caledonian Soccer Club who later served in the AIF. Back row standing are: third from left, 421 Private (Pte) James Durward, 11th Battalion, D Company; fifth from left, 28654 Gunner (Gnr) Alexander Marr, 10 Field Artillery Brigade; seventh from left, 25977 Driver (Dr) Robert Brodie Dewar, 3 Divisional Ammunition Column, 2nd Reinforcements. Middle row, seated, are: far left, 2705 Pte James Simpson, 16th Battalion, 8th Reinforcements. Pte Durward (later Sergeant), Gnr Marr and Dr Dewar all returned to Australia following the war. Pte Simpson, who was transferred to the 48th Battalion in March 1916, was killed in action near Pozieres on 7 August 1916. Pte Simpson has no known grave; his name is recorded on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. This photograph also appeared in the Western Mail, Friday 1 May 1914, and is part of a collection of eight photographs relating to the Caledonian Soccer Club, Fremantle, WA.