Frank Kingsley Norris

Major General Sir Frank Kingsley Norris, (25 June 1893 – 1 May 1984), commonly referred to as F. Kingsley Norris, was an Australian military officer and physician. Norris served in both the First World War and Second World War.

Early life and education Norris was born in Lilydale, Victoria to William Perrin Norris, a medical doctor, and his wife Mary Jane née Foulkes. He attended school at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. He had a strong histrionic bent, playing in Gregan McMahon's troupe, on one occasion alongside J. Beresford Fowler in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman, sharing the stage with Nellie Melba.

Norris entered Trinity College at the University of Melbourne in 1913 while studying medicine, graduated in 1916 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), before becoming a Doctor of Medicine (MD) four years later.

In 1923 Norris joined the Citizen Military Forces (CMF), a forerunner to the Australian Army Reserve.

Honours In 1941 Norris was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). In 1943 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Norris was made an Officer of the Order of Saint John in January 1952. Later in the same year, Norris was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). In January 1957, Norris became a Commander of the Order of Saint John.

He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957 for services to medicine.