House
of Representatives Petition |
| To
the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled
in parliament. We the undersigned request that John Simpson Kirkpatrick,
of Simpson and donkey fame be awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia. Under the Imperial Award system, the VC was denied to Simpson resulting from some confusion in the original application. In 1915 John Monash (later General) recommended Simpson for the VC. In 1967 Lieutenant Casey (later Governor General, Lord Casey)who also witnessed Simpson's work together with Prime Minister Holt and the Chief of the General Staff, Major General Brand (also a witness) recommended him for the VC. This was also denied. The British Government claimed that a dangerous precedent would be set. Your petitioners request that the House of Representatives do everything in their power to honour the integrity and wishes of these outstanding Australians and overturn the decision not to award the VC to Simpson. Simpson is symbol of the self-sacrifice, mateship and all those values that Anzacs now stand for and Australians treasure. By honouring him, we honour them all. |
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