Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.222.
Family The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946),Deaths: Donoghue, The Argus, (Monday, 9 December 1946), p.2.(News Item), The Gippland Times, (Monday, 9 December 1946), p.1.(Public Notice) Patrick Donoghue, The Gippsland Times, (Monday, 13 January 1947), p.8. and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery,Deaths: Donoghue, The Age, (Monday, 11 February 1952), p.2.Highly Respected Nambrok Resident Passes: Mrs. M.E. Donoghue, The Gippsland Times, (Monday, 11 February 1952), p.1. Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.
He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933.Weddings: Donoghue—Mills, Table Talk, (Thursday, 28 September 1933), pp.42-43. he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.
Education He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.
As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne,Newman College, The Advocate, (Thursday, 14 December 1922), p.15.Newman College, The Sorting Globe, (Saturday, 1 September 1928), p.3.Donoghue's Success, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 27 June 1928), p.8. graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.Social, The Advocate, (Thursday, 20 December 1928), p.26.Register of Medical Practitioners for 1933, Victorian Government Gazette, No. 18, (Tuesday, 31 January 1933), p.401.
Football Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland,Football: Permits Granted and Refused, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1925), p.5. he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).Melbourne League Football -- Carlton Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 16 June 1928), p.44.
On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.Football, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, (Friday, 6 August 1926), p.44.
Medical practice In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.Local Topics, The Great Southern Advocate, (Thursday, 30 April 1936), p.2.Yarram Club, The Gippsland Times, (Thursday, 30 April 1936), p.5.
Military service He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.
Death He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.Deaths: Donoghue, The Age, (Tuesday, 1 June 1971), p.24.
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References
World War Two Nominal Roll: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War Two Service Record: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), National Archives of Australia. School Sports: Gippsland Schools' Meeting, The Weekly Times. (Saturday, 23 October 1920), p.24. More People who live at Leongatha, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 4 October 1950), p.20. O'Brien, Jack, "The Princess is his Best Patient", The Argus, (Monday, 30 July 1956), p.15.
External links
Frank Donoghue's profile at Blueseum. Frank Donoghue at Boyles Football Photos.