Henry Kenneth Fry (born 25 May 1886 North Adelaide, South Australia) was a physician and anthropologist, and Medical Officer for the City of Adelaide.

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Henry Kenneth Fry (born 25 May 1886 North Adelaide, South Australia) was a physician and anthropologist, and Medical Officer for the City of Adelaide. Education He attended University of Adelaide and received his BSc 1905, MBBS 1908, MD 1934. He was a 1909 Rhodes Scholar (Balliol) Obtained another BSc, and diplomas in public health and anthropology, in 1912. Career In 1913, Fry succeeded Herbert Basedow as chief medical inspector of Aborigines, based in Darwin. World War I At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he was appointed captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, and served in Gallipoli. In France in 1916, he became deputy assistant director of medical services (D.A.D.M.S.), 2nd Division, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for supervising the evacuation of the wounded while under constant shell-fire at Pozières and Sausage Valley in July–August of that year. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1917, and given command of the 13th Field Ambulance.

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