Probably BUNBURY, WA. C. 1912-02. JOHN SIMPSON KIRKPATRICK (RIGHT) STANDS ON THE WHARF WITH TWO ...

Places	Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Bunbury
Accession Number	P01446.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker	Ford Studio
Date made	c February 1912
Conflict	Period 1910-1919
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Probably BUNBURY, WA. C. 1912-02. JOHN SIMPSON KIRKPATRICK (RIGHT) STANDS ON THE WHARF WITH TWO MATES. KIRKPATRICK WHO ENLISTED AS 202 PRIVATE JOHN SIMPSON, 3RD FIELD AMBULANCE,WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI ON 19 MAY 1915. AFTER HIS DEATH SIMPSON GAINED ENDURING FAME AS "THE MAN WITH THE DONKEY" (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM PR83/069) (PHOTOGRAPHER : FORD STUDIO, BUNBURY. (DONOR: I. BENSON, A. PEARSON)