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radio4: Jack Simpson - the man with the donkey
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radio4: Poignancy
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radio4: It started as an adventure ......
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radio4: .... with gallant men ....
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radio4: ... and proud boys ...
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radio4: ... and prime youth .....
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radio4: .... and mates ....
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radio4: But it was no fun
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radio4: It was a bloody hell ......
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radio4: ... etched on faces and on gravestones
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radio4: 'How well I remember that terrible day*'
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radio4: 'My mother remembers forever'
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radio4: 'We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter*'
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radio4: 'And the band played Waltzing Matilda*'
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radio4: Fruit(less) of battle
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radio4: 'Johnny Turk was ready, he primed himself well*'
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radio4: Bound by Hardship