Private KIRKPATRICK, Son of Sarah Simpson Kirkpatrick, of 14 Bertram St., South Shields, England, and the late Robert Kirkpatrick. Private J S Kirkpatrick, served as Private John Simpson and became the legendary 'Man with the Donkey'. Simpson landed with the Field Ambulance north of Ariburnu early on the 25th April, but by the following day had established himself as virtually an independent unit, leading a donkey carrying wounded from the front down Monash and Shrapnel Valleys to the beach. In the first three weeks of the campaign he became a familiar sight, always cheerful and oblivious of danger. He was killed by machine-gun fire near Steele's Post on 19 May. Although recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal and later the Victoria Cross, no single act of heroism could be isolated. He was, however, Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field. In 1967 Lord Casey, Governor-General of Australia, who had served at Gallipoli as General Bridges' aide-de-camp, presented Simpson's sister with the first Anzac Commemorative Medallion. |
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John Simpson Kirkpatrick Served as 202 Private J. SIMPSON Aust. Army Medical Corps 19 May 1915 Age 22 HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE Simpson - The man with the donkey. Cemetery: BEACH CEMETERY, ANZAC, Turkey |
62 Trooper G. R. SEAGER 9th Aust. Light Horse 7 August 1915 Age 17 HE DIED A MAN & CLOSED HIS LIFE'S BRIEF DAY ERE IT HAD SCARCE BEGUN Trooper George Rothwell Seager was the youngest Tommy of the Gallipoli Campaign. Cemetery: ARI BURNU, ANZAC, Turkey |
Private KIRKPATRICK, Son of Sarah Simpson Kirkpatrick, of 14 Bertram St., South Shields, England, and the late Robert Kirkpatrick. Private J S Kirkpatrick, served as Private John Simpson and became the legendary 'Man with the Donkey'. Simpson landed with the Field Ambulance north of Ariburnu early on the 25th April, but by the following day had established himself as virtually an independent unit, leading a donkey carrying wounded from the front down Monash and Shrapnel Valleys to the beach. In the first three weeks of the campaign he became a familiar sight, always cheerful and oblivious of danger. He was killed by machine-gun fire near Steele's Post on 19 May. Although recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal and later the Victoria Cross, no single act of heroism could be isolated. He was, however, Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field. In 1967 Lord Casey, Governor-General of Australia, who had served at Gallipoli as General Bridges' aide-de-camp, presented Simpson's sister with the first Anzac Commemorative Medallion. |
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