compitition

[TJD]

hi all just borred so im going to make a thread that has a compitition in it (this one)


first one to post the answer wins a post in this thread (there post)


Q:what the name of the famouse solder in wwI that at gollipoly save people (the woonded) on his donkey most people refer to him as
....... and his donkey

[thunderchildobs]

John Simpson Kirkpatrick

[thunderchildobs]

A photo I took

[gman]

Simpson found the donkey wandering near the beach.
From then he started ferrying the wounded from the front line.
This he did for 3 weeks until he was shot by a Turkish sniper

[TrevorW]

Possibly the most famous stories regarding donkeys in WWI is that of John Kirkpatrick Simpson and his donkey, who together became an ANZAC legend. Simpson landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and, from the first night, took a donkey (or possibly a couple) that had been landed for one of the field artillery units, and began carrying wounded soldiers from the battle line to the beach for evacuation. Leading the donkey/s, which he variously named Duffy or Murphy, he began his journeys from the beach, up Shrapnel Gully and then Monash Valley. He carried water on his way and wounded on his way back. Simpson continued this for three and a half weeks, disregarding the danger until, on the morning of 19 May 1915, he was killed by Turkish machine gun fire near Steele's Post, as he was returning down Monash Valley with a wounded man. The donkey continued on the well-worn track, obediently carrying the wounded man to where he would be tended.