| Accession Number | P04962.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Blackboy Hill |
| Date made | 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal group portrait of members of the 3rd Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps taken ...
Description
Informal group portrait of members of the 3rd Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps taken at the Blackboy Camp. Identified fourth from the left, wearing a white shirt is Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick. A Ships Fireman, born at Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham in England on 6 July 1892, he enlisted as 202 Private John Simpson in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance on 25 August 1914. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915. Simpson was famous for using a donkey to carry wounded soldiers, he was generally known as 'Scottie' or 'Murphy" and his donkey as 'Duffy'. Duffy was one of the favourites of the Indian mule drivers and was taken by them at the evacuation of Anzac.