-
Birth
John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born on the 6th of July 1892, in South Shields, England -
Period: to
Life Timespan
John Simpson Kirkpatrick Bio
By Tom Theodore
6 Red
Buckley
2010 -
Father's Death
He started sailing after his Father was paralysed in a car accident and later died in 1909. -
2nd Crew Joined
February 1910, he joined the crew of “YEDA” -
Deploment to fight at Galopli
Simpson, who joined the Army only 8 month ago, landed on ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli 9 month’s after enlisting as a “C” section stretcher bearer. -
Simpsons Death
.” He breathed his last breath in shrapnel gully 19th of May, 1915 at the of 22. He grave reads: JOHN SIMPSON
KIRKPATRICK SERVED AS
202 PRIVATE
J SIMPSON,
AUST. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS,
19TH MAY 1915 AGE 22 HE GAVE HIS LIFE
THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE.
