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John Simpson Kirkpatrick is better known as the Man with the Donkey. He was a hero of the Gallipoli campaign though he never fired a shot in anger. He was a larrikin, didn't like bosses and never had a permanent job. But when the going got tough, he was the sort of bloke you would like to have beside you. An Australian hero alright, which isn't a bad effort for an Englishman!
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I think that your book on John Simpson Kirkpatrick is interesting. Although I did find the story difficult to understand. On behalf of the school I also wish to thank you for the book you have gave to us.
Phong Phan
John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a Red Cross member in the first world war. He used donkeys that had been brought to carry water from the rivers back to the trenches, but the donkeys were stopped from doing this by the continuous shrapnel and shells that were flying around their heads putting holes in the water-billies.
John,more commonly known as Jack or Simmy, used these donkeys as a stretcher bearer. This allowed him to work a lot faster.
I think that he was very brave to march out into No Man's Land, pick up the wounded soldier, and, with bullets wizzing around him, lie the man down on his donkey and get him to the medicle tent as quickley as possible.
Ben Cunningham
John Simpson Kirkpatrick is an Australian hero and is well known as the man with the donkey. He got to be a hero by helping injured people by moving them away from the war and taking them to somewere and bandaging them etc. And John Simpson Kirkpatrick is actually from England so I don't know how he became an Australian hero.
Stavros Dimakos
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