My avatar: with Simpson and his donkey

His is a great story Pip - even though we regard him as one of Australia's greatest heroes he wasn't exactly an angel and he wasn't born here.

He was born in north-eastern England, round Newcastle, where he joined the merchant navy. He deserted, then tramped around Oz working odd jobs, before joining the Australian Infantry hoping that this would get him back to England. Unfortunately, he found himself at Anzac Cove and was killed less than four weeks later, aged 22.

While he was at Anzac Cove he never carried any arms and spent his time recovering the wounded, carrying men down from the front line on a donkey often under fire. He has become the most prominent symbol of bravery and courage at Gallipoli and is forevermore part of our Anzac story.

Good pic, Pip...
...Bernie...Thanks for the story.

Thanks Pip and Bernieh for sharing photo and imformation,I think one can say he definitely redeemed himself..........

Yes I'd agree with that Linclass - such a short life but will be remembered for a long, long time for just a brief part of that brief life.

Thankis Bernieh for filling in the gaps, my memory's terrible! A great tale, I agree.

I have stood next to this statue too :-)

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Lovely moving story..loved the statue Pip..nice photo :o)

Thanks Sandra - it was really Bernieh who brought the picture to life!