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To the memory of our hero comrade 'Murphy' (Simpson) killed May 1915. Heroes of the Red Cross. Private Simpson, D.C.M., & his donkey at Anzac.

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Date

1918

Artist

Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones (1878-1922)

Collective Title

Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp 1878-1922 :Sketches made at Anzac during the occupation of that portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Imperial Forces. London, Hugh Rees [1916]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22325152

Description

Supposedly shows John "Murphy" Simpson Kirkpatrick leading a donkey along a cliff path. A wounded soldier is on the donkey. 'Simpson' is, in fact, Richard Alexander Henderson

The watercolour was copied by Moore-Jones from a photograph of a stretcher-bearer with the New Zealand Medical Corps, Richard Alexander Henderson. The photograph was taken by 3/210 Sergeant James Gardiner Jackson, New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

This reproduction is from the original watercolour in the Australian War Memorial Museum at Canberra. Another version is in the Auckland Art Gallery, and there is also a version at the Commerce Club of Auckland. Moore-Jones produced several versions, either on site in Gallipoli or once he was invalided back to Britain.

Other Titles - Spirit of Anzac

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

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War
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Death

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