Record ID:
49864477 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 93123014
Heading:
Birth:
  • 18920706
  • Shields (Durham, England)
  • Durham (England)
Death:
  • 19140519
  • Gallipoli (Turkey)
Associated with:
  • Australia New South Wales
Occupations:
  • Soldiers
Used for:
  • Kirkpatrick, Simpson, 1892-1915
  • Kirkpatrick, Jack, 1892-1915
Notes:
  • Simpson and the donkey, 1992 p. ix, etc. (John Simpson Kirkpatrick; also known as Simpson and Jack) Aust. CIP (Kirkpatrick, John Simpson, 1892-1915) jkt (water-carrier, rescuer of wounded men; d. at Gallipoli on 5-19-1915)
  • DLC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Simpson, John, 1892-1915; see his real name: Kirkpatrick, John Simpson, 1892-1915)
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography (online) 29 July 2021: (John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892-1915), soldier, 'the man with the donkey', was born on 6 July 1892 at Shields, County Durham, England. At 17 he joined the merchant navy, and deserted ship at Newcastle, New South Wales. On 25 Augist 1914 he joined the Australian Infantry Force under the name John Simpson, and was allotted to the 3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, and landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1914. He adopted a donkey and worked on the battlefield rescuing soldiers with leg wounds. He was shot and died on 19 May 1914.) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kirkpatrick-john-simpson-6975
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)886115
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DNLM DLC VJTL
Authentication code:
  • anuc