1915:06 Routine

Routine

 

Life for the Anzacs became a routine of hardships and death.  There were regular attacks by the Turks and both Turkish and Anzac snipers operated with deadly efficiency.

 

Supplies were constantly carried up the hills to the front lines by horses, mules and men. The casualties were constantly carried out the same way.

 

"A 'stretcher bearer' was the name given to those who carried the wounded from where they lay to the first aid posts dotted about the hills.
Some stretcher bearers used donkeys to aid in carrying their loads in Gallipoli; while others worked in pairs with stretchers or whatever they could find to complete the task." 

      3/84 Private Roland Chadwick, NZ Medical Corps

 

The Man With The Donkey

 

It was a common sight to see a donkey bearing the wounded and being led through the gullies and ravines.

 

For the Australians, the most famous of medics was Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick (he enlisted as John Simpson) who was killed in May, and for the New Zealanders, two men stood out. They were 3/168 Sergeant Bill Henry, DCM and 3/258 Private Richard 'Dickie' Henderson, NZ Medical Corps, whom the famous watercolour by Sapper Moore-Jones is based upon.