2015 $1 Unlikely Heroes - Murphy the Donkey 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. On 19 May Simpson was killed by machine-gun fire while carrying two wounded men. The valiant little donkeys were remembered in a ceremony held at the Australia War Memorial on 19 May 1997, when, on behalf of Murphy and Simpson's other donkeys, a mascot donkey named Simpson recieved the RSPCA Purple Cross for bravery and fortitude in the service of humans.

Key features:

• Coloured coin
• Mintage limited to 10,500

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