The AIF XI South African Touring Team, 1919
At the conclusion of the Great war, an AIF Test Team XI was selected to tour of South Africa in 1919 as a moral boosting initiative. From 18 October to 12 December 1919, 1919, the team played 10 matches of between 3 to 5 days, depending upon the team they were up against.
This album attempts to documents the features of this series.
Included on the Nominal Roll were the following:
Capt C. T. Docker, General List;
Lieutenant J. M. Gregory, 4th Divisional Artillery;
Captain (Capt) E. J. Long, Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Weymouth;
Gnr E. Bull, 26th Battery;
Lance Corporal H. L. Collins, 10th AASC;
Corporal E. A. Oldfield;
Gnr J. M. Taylor, 101st Howitzer Battery; and,
Staff Sergeant C. S. Winning, Dental Section, AIF Headquarters (HQ).