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Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (25 May 1891 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Turkey on 25 April 1915.〔(Lane, Daniel, "ANZAC hero Ted Larkin: The greatest sacrifice of all", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (18 April 2015). )〕〔Despite various suggestions given over time, related to particular individuals, it is clear that, because, at least, six former VFL footballers were killed during the chaos of the landing at Anzac Cove — Rupert Balfe (University, Alan Cordner (Geelong and Collingwood), Claude Crowl (St Kilda), Charlie Fincher (South Melbourne), Fen McDonald (Carlton and Melbourne), and Joe Pearce (Melbourne) — it can never be definitively argued that any one of these men was "the first VFL footballer killed in the First World War".〕 ==Family== The youngest son in the family (of three girls and five boys) of Patrick McDonald and Margaret McDonald, née Figgins, Fenley John McDonald was born on 25 May 1891 in Nagambie, Victoria. By all accounts, he was a strongly built, quietly spoken, and well-mannered young man. Educated at the Nagambie State School, he gained a thorough knowledge of cattle and sheep and farming from his family's property, "Winbrae". In 1910, once he had finished his formal schooling, he moved to Melbourne and began a four-year evening course of studies at the highly regarded ''Stott and Hoare's Business College'', at 426 Collins Street, Melbourne, whilst working in the day time as a stock and station agent with Pearson, Rowe, Smith, and Co., 416 Bourke Street, Melbourne.〔The well-respected firm of Pearson, Rowe, Smith, and Co. was established in Victoria around 1860; the business was taken over by Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd. in late 1937 ((Goldsbrough Mort & Co.: Old Established Business Purchased, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 27 November, 1937), p.19. ))〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fen McDonald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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