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John Simpson Kirkpatrick was an 18 year old Geordie who jumped ship in Australia in 1910. He became known as ‘the bloke with the donkey‘.
He ended up at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915 and rescued more than 300 wounded soldiers. He was killed less than four weeks later.
Simpson carried no arms.
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For the Fallen, by British Poet Robert Laurence Binyon, is a moving poem written to honour the World War I British war dead and, in particular, the British Expeditionary Force.
It was first published in September, 1914, after the news of the high casualty rates at the Battle of the Marne on the [...]

ANZAC Day, the Baptism of Blood for the Butchers Bill. Expeditions which are decided upon and organised with insufficient care or thought generally end disastrously.
25 April, a public holiday in Australia, marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First [...]