Death and Memorial

John was a brave soldier but his short life ended on may 19th when a turkish machine-gun shot him through the heart. When his comerades found him beside the footpath, they buried him at a place called Hell Spit. When the Indian Soldiers heard that Bahadur was dead, they made a wreath out of wild floweres and placed it on his grave. John Simpson Kirkpatrick is remembered for his bravery in the war and there is a bronze sculpture of him at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.