WebApr 25, 2016 · The best known of the bearers was John Simpson Kirkpatrick who commandeered a donkey to aid him as casualties grew and manpower was stretched to … WebFeb 29, 2016 · Private J S Kirkpatrick, served as Private John Simpson and became known as the "Man with the Donkey". N.B. Simpson landed with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance on 25 April and by the following day he was leading a donkey carrying lightly wounded from the front line down Monash and Shrapnel Valleys to the beach. In the first …
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WebJul 20, 2014 · A memorial service for John Simpson Kirkpatrick (served as Private John Simpson, Australian Army Medical Corps and also known as 'The man with the donkey') k.i.a 19 May 1915, Gallipoli, will be held at St. Hilda's Parish Church, Lawe Road, South Shields. at 1200 hrs on Sunday 18th May 2003. Regards, thunderbirds on comet
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WebJohn Simpson Kirkpatrick, a stretcher bearer whose brief life ended early in the Gallipoli campaign, is better known today as 'the man with the donkey'. One of the AIF's most well … WebPrivate John Simpson Kirkpatrick’s intrepid and short-lived exploits during the Gallipoli campaign have made him a popular figure of World War One. He has been mythologised to represent the lauded values of the digger, and he symbolises all those who went into battle unarmed. Born in England in 1892, he came to Australia in 1910. WebJohn Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892-1915), soldier, 'the man with the donkey', was born on 6 July 1892 at Shields, County Durham, England, son of Robert Kirkpatrick (d.1909), … thunderbirds operation asteroids