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Those look nice.
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Very nice!
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Hi angore
It is a very nice series and very well thought out, it accurately detailed the events of WWI, not often does Australia Post honour with a stamp Simpson and his donkey (there were actually five, some were wounded or killed), the Privates full name was John Simpson Kirkpatrick, he was a stretcher bearer with the 1st Australian Division during the Gallipoli Campaign.
Simpson and his donkey is the 2nd last stamp in series II.
His brave act was going into dangerous territory and retrieving the wounded.
On 19 May 1915, during the Third attack on Anzac Cove, Simpson was killed when he was struck by machine gun.
General John Monash who was a Colonel at the time wrote "Private Simpson and his little beast earned the admiration of everyone at the upper end of the valley. They worked all day and night throughout the whole period since the landing, and the help rendered to the wounded was invaluable. Simpson knew no fear and moved unconcernedly amid shrapnel and rifle fire, steadily carrying out his self-imposed task day by day, and he frequently earned the applause of the personnel for his many fearless rescues of wounded men from areas subject to rifle and shrapnel fire."
He was only mentioned in Dispatches. There have been a VC winner only a few years back who went out into the field and brought back.
For decades the Federal Government had been petitioned to award Simpson the VC as he rightfully deserves but to no avail, even the military petitioned the Government and got nowhere.
Every Australian school child who is taught about WWI is taught about the heroism of Simpson and his donkey.
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Hi Chris.
I like this series as it is very detailed and the colours makes each series stand out, I posted an historical snippet about the 2nd last stamp in series II depicting Private Simpson and his donkey to angore, you might find the story interesting.
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13 Apr 2018
08:27:23pm
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Those look nice.
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Very nice!
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14 Apr 2018
01:35:21pm
re: A CENTURY OF SERVICE
Hi angore
It is a very nice series and very well thought out, it accurately detailed the events of WWI, not often does Australia Post honour with a stamp Simpson and his donkey (there were actually five, some were wounded or killed), the Privates full name was John Simpson Kirkpatrick, he was a stretcher bearer with the 1st Australian Division during the Gallipoli Campaign.
Simpson and his donkey is the 2nd last stamp in series II.
His brave act was going into dangerous territory and retrieving the wounded.
On 19 May 1915, during the Third attack on Anzac Cove, Simpson was killed when he was struck by machine gun.
General John Monash who was a Colonel at the time wrote "Private Simpson and his little beast earned the admiration of everyone at the upper end of the valley. They worked all day and night throughout the whole period since the landing, and the help rendered to the wounded was invaluable. Simpson knew no fear and moved unconcernedly amid shrapnel and rifle fire, steadily carrying out his self-imposed task day by day, and he frequently earned the applause of the personnel for his many fearless rescues of wounded men from areas subject to rifle and shrapnel fire."
He was only mentioned in Dispatches. There have been a VC winner only a few years back who went out into the field and brought back.
For decades the Federal Government had been petitioned to award Simpson the VC as he rightfully deserves but to no avail, even the military petitioned the Government and got nowhere.
Every Australian school child who is taught about WWI is taught about the heroism of Simpson and his donkey.
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14 Apr 2018
01:42:50pm
re: A CENTURY OF SERVICE
Hi Chris.
I like this series as it is very detailed and the colours makes each series stand out, I posted an historical snippet about the 2nd last stamp in series II depicting Private Simpson and his donkey to angore, you might find the story interesting.
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