For details on the reason for Simpson being denied the Victoria Cross in 1915 and 1967 see Quadrant, November 1996, "The deconstruction of Simpson, the Man with the Donkey", by Tom Curran, and Quadrant, April 1997, "The True Heroism of Simpson", by Tom Curran. (Sources: Australian War Memorial Files 41 (2/7/15) and 2DRL 1227; and Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Correspondence CRS A463/33, File 67/1330, July 1967, Australian Archives).
Further Reading
Dr C E W Bean, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, The Story of Anzac, Volumes 1 and 2 (Sydney: Australian War Memorial, 1921 and 1924).
Sir Irving Benson, The Man with the Donkey: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, The Good Samaritan of Gallipoli (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965).
E C Buley, Glorious Deeds of Australasians in the Great War (London: Andrew Melrose, 1915).
Colonel A G Butler DSO, The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-1918, Volume 1 (Melbourne: Australian War Memorial, 1930).
Tom Curran, Across the Bar, The Story of Simpson, the Man with the Donkey: Australia and Tyneside’s great military hero (Brisbane: Ogmios Publications, 1994).
Sir Robert Rhodes James, Gallipoli (London: Batsford, 1965).