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Description: inscription, printed, M is for Mates Animals in Wartime from Ajax to Zep inscription, printed, Discover the contribution of animals to Australian service men and women. A bookmark advertising "M is for Mates: Animals in Wartime from Ajax to Zep", issued by the Australian Government (Department of Veterans' Affairs). The reverse features an image of John Simpson Kirkpatrick. He was a hero of WWI, born in South Shields but an emigrant to Australia who enlisted in the army there when WWI broke out. He was famous for going with his donkey at Gallipoli to recover wounded soldiers, and was shot and killed there on 19 May 1915. Material: card Source: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Identifier: emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.512262 Go to resource More Like this...
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