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MCDONALD, Fenley John

Service Number:	127
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nagambie, Victoria, Australia , 25 May 1891
Home Town:	Nagambie, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Nagambie State School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 29
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Nagambie War Memorial, Pakenham Associated Stock & Station Agents of Melbourne Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 127, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 127, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 127, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 127, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 127 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography contributed by Chad Nash

Played Australian Rules Footbal for Carlton and Melbourne