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English: Australian Training Units team, formed by soldiers. That team played a charity game -known as the "Pioneer Exhibition Game"- held at Queen's Club in South Kensington on October 28th, 1916 to raise money for British and French Red Cross.

The game was played in front of an estimated crowd of 3,000 which included the (then) Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) and King Manuel II of Portugal.

The jerseys were red with a kangaroo as emblem.
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