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Haurongo: Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp

Watercolour from 'The man with the donkey' series

Watercolour from 'The man with the donkey' series

This 1918 painting was one of a number produced by war veteran Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones to illustrate the story of 'Murphy' Simpson Kirkpatrick, who with his donkey rescued wounded soldiers before being killed during the Gallipoli campaign.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-057-002

Photolithograph by Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anne Gray. 'Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996, whakahou May 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/750/watercolour-from-the-man-with-the-donkey-series (accessed 4 June 2026).