2015 $1 Unlikely Heroes Animals In War PNC

Mules and donkeys have provided indispensable service as pack animals during Australia's wartime engagements. The most famous was that of Englishman Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. After the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and using one of the donkeys (known variously as Duffy, Abdul or Murphy) brought in for carrying water, Simpson bravely transported wounded men by day and night from the fighting in Monash Valley to the beach on Anzac Cove.