
FRY, Henry Phillip
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Perth, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | England, 28 May 1882 |
Home Town: | Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brunswick Memorial Hall Honour Roll, Brunswick War Memorial, Donnybrook War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Preston Road Board |
World War 1 Service
30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, SN Officer, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
29 Aug 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Died while trying to throw a live Turkish bomb out of the trench
"Captain Henry Philip (Phil) Fry, a gallant and most popular officer of the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment who was killed on 29 August 1915 in a successful bayonet charge on the Turkish trenches on Hill 60 where the 10th Light Horse Regiment gained special distinction by holding the captured trenches which had previously been recaptured twice by the Turks..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)