But there is not a school-aged child in Australia who hasn’t learnt about John Simpson and his donkey, the youth who would go from this beach to the rocky cliffs of Gallipoli and be forever ...

Now shrouded in Anzac myth, Simpson and his donkey are among the most iconic figures from Gallipoli. The story of the soldier who never carried arms, but spent his time recovering wounded soldiers ...

"After the landing at Gallipoli, Simpson, with his little donkey, worked alone day and night taking water to the front line, and carrying the wounded back to the dressing stations. He and his ...

Simpson and his donkey are immortalised in statues at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, and his story is told in children's books and school history ...

MARK COLVIN: There'll be no Victoria Cross for Simpson or his donkey. For three and a half terrible weeks in 1915, the pair helped ferry wounded ANZACs at Gallipoli to relative safety. On the 19th ...

John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame carried many wounded diggers to safety at Gallipoli, one of them Lesley Roberts' grandfather. Cas Ryan was nursed down Shrapnel Valley ...

One of the Australian War Memorial's most iconic sculptures, of Simpson and his donkey, has been craned back into place after a three-year hiatus. Peter Corlett's bronze sculpture had been moved ...