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Ebury, Sue. WEARY, THE LIFE OF SIR EDWARD DUNLOP

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Ebury, Sue  WEARY, THE LIFE OF SIR EDWARD DUNLOP, Penguin Books, 1995.  Softcover in very good condition, black and white photographs, 709 pages.  A brilliant student and sportsman, qualifying as a pharmacist and surgeon and representing Australia at rugby, Weary turned his back on a surgical career and volunteered immediately war broke out in 1939. He joined the 2nd AIF and served in Palestine, Greece, Crete, Tobruk and Egypt before sailing to Java with his medical unit in 1942.  Captured by the Japanese, he spent more than three years as a prisoner of war in Java and on the notorious Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway'.   An inspiring biography.

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