Albert Edward Dyos arrived in Queensland on the Limerick in 1913 and quickly became central to soccer in Queensland. In September that year he refereed a schools’ cup match between Bulimba and East Brisbane State Schools alongside linesmen Jack Kendall and S.I. Ross, both senior football figures in the state. Dyos became the secretary of the Queensland British Football Association by the end of 1913 and which under his tenure hosted interstate matches against New South Wales in 1914.
He remained as secretary until his enlistment in December 1914. Over the next two years, Kendall and then Ross took over the position of secretary until their own enlistments. The Daily Telegraph on 23 May 1917 noted that Queensland was the only state to have three soccer association secretaries concurrently serving.
Dyos joined the 5th Light Horse Regiment before being transferred to the 50th and 52nd Battalions and the 4th Division Transport as the war progressed. He was promoted through the ranks to Captain by the time he returned to Australia in 1919. His record is otherwise scant on information regarding his active service, though he did serve in France.
After the war, Dyos joined the Reserve of Officers, now known as the Army Reserves, where he remained as a Lieutenant until 1937. In 1940, Dyos was called up to serve in Australia during the Second World War, during which time he regained the rank of Captain.
Outside of the formal military, Dyos was active in the Returned Services League, holding positions at district level and was the marshal of the dawn service at Anzac Square in Brisbane in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He passed away in 1967.