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Simpson doesn't qualify for a VC - National - smh.com.au
AWM Collection Record: J06392 - 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 ...
Digital Collections - Pictures - John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey, Gallipoli, 1915 [picture].
That is ver sad indeed! he should be recognised with the highest medal available. His donkey, if there was only one, should get the Dickenson medal as well!
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