Frank Macky (19 December 1891 – 29 December 1975) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with the
Melbourne University Football Club in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of
Joseph Cochrane Macky (1855–1915), and Mary Macky (1858–1915), née Birrell, Frank Macky was born at
Auckland, New Zealand on 19 December 1891.
Both his parents were drowned on 7 May 1915 when the British ocean liner
RMS ''Lusitania'' was sunk by the German U-Boat
SM ''U-20''. Although offered a seat on a lifeboat, Mary Macky gave her seat to a younger woman, choosing to remain with her husband.
He married Barbara Allan Taylor (1916–1975), at
Cambridge, New Zealand
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on 2 March 1916.
Football
In 1911 he played in seven matches in the VFL competition with the University First XVIII: the first,
against Essendon on 27 May 1911, and the last,
against Melbourne on 26 August 1911.
Education
Educated at
New College, Box Hill, he studied medicine at the
University of Melbourne (whilst a resident at
Ormond College), and graduated
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
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in April 1914.
Military service
He enlisted in the
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps on 17 July 1915. and served overseas in the Middle East and in Europe.
Medical career
In May 1914 he applied for registration as a medical practitioner in
Auckland, New Zealand.
Public Notices, ''The Auckland Star'', (Friday, 8 May 1914), p.1.
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For a number of years he was the president of the Auckland Branch of the British Medical Association
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.
Footnotes
Sources
World War One Embarkation Roll: Captain Frank Macky
Collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.
World War One Nominal Roll: Major Frank Macky
Collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.
World War One Service Record: Major Frank Macky
''National Archives of Australia''.
External links
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1891 births
1975 deaths
University Football Club players
VFL/AFL players born outside Australia
New Zealand players of Australian rules football
Australian military personnel of World War I
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