Wednesday 11 August 2010

John Simpson Kirpatrick - Australian Commemorations

Many thanks to Peter Bennett (Great War Forum member) for these photographs from his trip to Australia.











Memorial Staute Melbourne









Memorial Statue Canberra


John Kirpatrick Simpsons medals, death plaque, and identity disk.

1914 / 15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal with Mentioned in Despatches

Australian National War Memorial
Private John Simpson
3 Field Ambulance AIF

John Simpson Kirkpatrick enlisted in the 4th Durham Battery, 4th Northumbrian (County of Durham) Howitzer Brigade Royal Field Artillery in 1908, at the age of 17.

The Man with the Donkey