[Editor: This postcard (unused), which incorporates a photo of a monument of Simpson and his donkey, is undated; however, it is believed to have been published circa 1950-1954.]
[Front of postcard]
The Rose Series P. 10724
Copyright.
“The Man with the Donkey”
Monument, Melbourne.
[Description: Photograph of a monument of Simpson and his donkey.]
[Reverse of postcard]
Post Card
The “Rose” Series De Luxe
A Real Photograph Produced in Australia
Published by the Rose Stereograph Co.
Armadale, Victoria.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 137 mm. (width), 88.5 mm. (height).
The estimated date of publication (circa 1950-1954) is based upon the number of this postcard in the Rose Series.
See also: The Man with the Donkey [postcard, monument of Simpson and his donkey, circa 1940s-1950s]
This monument, of Simpson and his donkey, is located at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne (Victoria).
See: 1) “Man with the Donkey”, Shrine of Remembrance (State Government of Victoria)
2) “Man with the Donkey (aka Private John Simpson and his Little Donkey) 1935”, City of Melbourne [includes a good quality colour photo of the monument]
3) “Simpson and his Donkey Melbourne”, Virtual War Memorial Australia
The monument of Simpson and his donkey bears the following inscription:
The
“Man with the Donkey”Gallipoli, April 25. To May 19, 1915
In commemoration
of the valour and compassion
of the Australian soldier
Simpson and his donkey = John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892-1915), soldier, known to history as “the man with the donkey” due to his heroic work at Gallipoli of bringing wounded solders back for medical care, often under fire, using a donkey to transport them; he was born in Shields (County Durham, England) in 1892, came to Australia in 1910, joined the Australian Imperial Force in Perth (WA) in 1914 (using the name John Simpson), was assigned to the Australian Army Medical Corps, and was killed in Monash Valley (Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey) in 1915 (during the First World War, 1914-1918)
See: 1) G. P. Walsh, “John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
2) “John Simpson Kirkpatrick”, Wikipedia
3) “KIRKPATRICK, John Simpson”, Virtual War Memorial Australia
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