Fremantle Caledonians
WA

Robert Brodie Dewar

Enlistment Date
14/02/1916
Age At Enlistment
29
Rank On Enlistment
Driver
Regimental No.
25977
Battalion
Divisional Ammunition Column, Reinforcement 2
Fate
Returned
Fate Date
01/06/1919
Occupation
Clerk
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland
Religion
Presbyterian
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916

“Robert Brodie Dewar was born in Glasgow and after arriving in Australia he became an Accountant with D. and J. Fowler Limited in Fremantle. He was one of the founders of the Caledonian Soccer Club and after serving in France he helped ‘Geordie’ Brown re-establish the team after the losses of The Great War.” Dewar married in 1926 and was still honorary secretary in 1928 when he took ill. He passed away on 30 July 1929 at the age of 43.
Quotation excerpted from John Williamson’s Soccer Anzacs: The Story of the Caledonian Soccer Club.Â