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The donkey man

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Story of Roly, the donkey who became New Zealander Richard Henderson's donkey during the First World War campaign at Gallipoli. Together they collected wounded soldiers from the battlefield and transferred them to Anzac Cove to board hospital ships.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    PZ7 HAR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    34279 (Cat ID)

    42826 (DBTextworks system ID)

    26973 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

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