Sir Edward Weary Dunlop

Sir Edward Weary Dunlop was a respected and honoured Australian. Dunlop was born on the 12th of July, 1907 in Major Plains, Victoria and he lived from 1907 to 1993. Sir Edward Weary Dunlop survived a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in Thailand (Burma Railway). He was the camp doctor and provided the prisoners with the best care he could. During his life he displayed kindness and compassion to everyone he came across, even the Japanese after the war.
Weary Dunlop grew up on a farm in Major Plains Victoria. Edward Dunlop enjoyed playing sport during his younger years. He found schooling less interesting than sport. His lack of interest in school did not stop him from succeeding in life and work. Dunlop’s first job as an apprentice pharmacist in Benalla when he was 14 years old he later went on to win a scholarship to Ormond College and then went to Melbourne University to study medicine. Weary moved to Melbourne in 1927 but did not start study until 1930. Dunlop graduated from medicine in 1934 with first class honours he then went on to graduate with masters of surgery in 1937. Weary not only excelled at studying he was also a talented sports person. …show more content…
Dunlop is still the only Victorian to ever be inducted. With his studies completed he went looking for work and adventure. Dunlop was married in 1945 to Helen Ferguson, whom he had been engaged to early in the war in 1946.After 1945 the memories of darkness behind him Dunlop decided to help the men and woman that were in the prisoner of war camp and their families to try and build a stronger relationship with Australia and Asia.by being captured he had to building of the Burma Railway as a prisoners of