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form y separately published work icon Private John Simpson single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Jack Simpson
  • Author:agent Roger McDonald http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mcdonald-roger
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Private John Simpson
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Tells the story and examines the legend of English-born A.I.F soldier John (Jack) Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli during World War I. The pair carried hundreds of wounded soldiers from the frontlines to the beach, usually under intense fire from the enemy. Private Simpson was killed only four weeks after arriving at Gallipoli, but his deeds of bravery, cheerful disposition, and tenderness towards the wounded, all under conditions of enormous danger, made him an iconic representation of Australians at war. As the film acknowledges, 'his death was inevitable and he knew it.'

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First known date: 1987
      ca. 1987 .
      Extent: 45 min.p.
      Series: y separately published work icon Michael Willesee's Australians Australians Trans Media Productions (publisher), Sydney : Trans Media Productions Film Australia Roadshow Coote and Carroll , 1987-1988 Z1587935 1987-1988 series - publisher biography

      A series of documentaries about Australians from all walks of life, the series was produced and hosted by former television current-affairs presenter Michael Willesee.

      Among the best-known people included in the series were infamous singer/dancer Lola Montez, actor Errol Flynn, athlete Betty Cuthbert, actress Lottie Lyell, radio personality Jack Davey, boxer Les Darcy, and Gallipoli hero Private John Simpson. The series also explored the lives of the Durkin family (Soldier Settlers), aviator Clyde Fenton, Sister Mary Mackillop, WWII nurse Vivian Bullwinkle, press baron John Norton, and General Henry Gordon Bennett, who fled Singapore in 1942, just prior to the island being invaded by the Japanese, leaving his army behind.
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Last amended 31 Oct 2013 19:01:17
Henri Safran
Subjects:
  • 1892-1915
Settings:
  • Gallipoli,
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    Turkey,
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    Middle East, Asia,
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