The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson

The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson

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The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson

Hardcover rubbed boards, foxing spots to front end. Dust jacket price clipped, scuffed edges. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1965 With b&w frontis portrait and illstns.

"John (Jack) Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892 – 1915), who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the 1st Australian Division during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I. After landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, Simpson began to use donkeys to provide first aid and carry wounded soldiers to the beach, for evacuation. Simpson and the donkeys continued this work for three and a half weeks, often under fire, until he was killed, during the Third attack on Anzac Cove... There have been several petitions over the decades to have Simpson awarded a Victoria Cross. There is a persistent myth that he was recommended for a VC, but that this was either refused or mishandled by the military bureaucracy..."

The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. by Sir Irving Benson
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