This short nonfiction text ‘Simpson and His Donkey’ features important factual background information relating to the famous stretcher-bearer John Simpson. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the rescue work that he and his donkey undertook before he was killed in action at Gallipoli.
This article, ‘Tree from the Battlefront’ features a true story about some seeds collected by an Australian soldier in Gallipoli in World War I. One of the seeds grew into a pine tree that stands at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra as a living symbol to commemorate those who lost their lives there. This …More