AWM Collection Record: J06392
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ID Number: | J06392 |
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| Maker: | O'Brien, J A | ||
| Place made: | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula | ||
| Date made: | c May 1915 | ||
| Physical description: | Black & white | ||
| Summary: | 202 Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance Brigade (enlisted as Simpson), assisting an unidentified wounded soldier being carried by a donkey. Pte Simpson was later killed by Turkish machine gun fire assisting the wounded, near a location known as Bloody Angle on 19 May 1915. The donkey was referred to by a variety of names, most commonly "Murphy" "Duffy" or the "The Donk". | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain | ||
| Related subject: | Casualty movement; Donkeys | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:47:30 GMT
