Private Richard Alexander Henderson MM (26 August 1895 – 14 November 1958)[1] was a school-teacher who served with the New Zealand Medical Corps at the Battle of Gallipoli.

[1] While it is reported that he began this work after Kirkpatrick's death on 19 May 1915,[1] he was photographed with a donkey carrying a wounded man on 12 May 1915 by Sergeant James Gardiner Jackson.

[4] Henderson later served in France, and on 22 October 1916 was awarded the recently created Military Medal for bravery in battle on land, with the citation "During operations on the Somme on 15th September he went out repeatedly under heavy shellfire and brought in wounded who were exposed to it.

[4] A bronze sculpture by Paul Walshe of Richard Alexander Henderson as "The Man with the Donkey" stands outside the National War Memorial in Wellington.

It is based on Jackson's photograph, and is a "tribute to all medical personnel, stretcher bearers and ambulance drivers who served alongside New Zealand troops in wartime".

[5] Commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association, it was unveiled by Henderson's son Ross in 1990 for the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.