The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop

Author : Edward E Dunlop
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742286984
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by Edward E Dunlop and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary first-hand account of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, is not only an account of great historical significance but also a testament to the ability of the human spirit to overcome the most unbearably cruel conditions. 'I have the testimony of hundreds of Australians who had served with me and who accompanied Weary to Burma and Siam that he was both their inspiration and the main instrument of their physical and spiritual survival.' Laurens Van Der Post 'His experiences – and the manner in which he handled them – are what have made Weary Dunlop one of our most loved and most respected countrymen.' Herald Sun 'Sir Edward's care and concern for his men and his unbreakable spirit made him a living legend.' Sunday Times

Author : Edward E Dunlop
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 0143003917
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by Edward E Dunlop and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary first-hand account of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, is not only an account of great historical significance but also a testament to the ability of the human spirit to overcome the most unbearably cruel conditions.

Author : E.E. Dunlop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by E.E. Dunlop and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernest Edward Dunlop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741360080
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by Ernest Edward Dunlop and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary first-hand account of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, is not only an account of great historical significance but also a testament to the ability of the human spirit to overcome the most unbearably cruel conditions.

Author : Ernest Edward Dunlop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854714497
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by Ernest Edward Dunlop and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward E Dunlop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781852910211
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop written by Edward E Dunlop and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sue Ebury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140240078
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weary written by Sue Ebury and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1994, this biography of an acclaimed Australian surgeon and war hero tells of his childhood and student days, his time with the 2nd AIF during WWII, his capture by the Japanese, and subsequent imprisonment in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, and his subsequent career in surgery and commitment to community service. Includes photographs, endnotes, bibliography and index. Author is a former publishing director who worked with Dunlop on the publication of his war diaries.

Author : Claire Saxby
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 0857985884
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meet... Weary Dunlop written by Claire Saxby and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including World War II hero Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary’s bravery and compassion helped to save the lives and bolster the spirits of fellow prisoners of war on the Thai–Burma Railway. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop, Captain Cook to Banjo Paterson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia’s history.

Author : Sue Ebury
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522867278
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weary written by Sue Ebury and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a wartime nightmare of starvation, disease, brutality and death, Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's courage and compassion made him an Australian legend. During more than three years as a surgeon in the notorious work camps and vast hospital camps along the Burma-Thailand railway, he worked tirelessly to save lives and get men home to their families. He confronted his captors fearlessly; three times he was tortured and taken out to be executed, only to be reprieved at the last moment. Fellow prisoners regarded him as 'a symbol of hope and a rock'. This new, illustrated biography of Weary includes more than 150 images as well as never-before-published material about his betrayal to his captors. Weary was the quintessential Australian all-rounder-brilliant student, outstanding sportsman and irrepressible larrikin who dedicated his life to caring for people. When he died in July 1993, 10 000 people stood silently to farewell the most honoured medical man in Australia. By then, this great humanitarian's influence had spread far beyond the veteran community to embrace the entire nation.

Author : Pattie Wright
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781405039970
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ray Parkin's Odyssey written by Pattie Wright and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, Ray Parkin was serving on the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth. At first glance he looked every inch the archetypal petty officer that he was – tough, practical and a model of naval discipline. Yet Ray was no ordinary sailor. Despite a lack of formal education, he had the soul of an artist and a philosopher's enquiring mind.As HMAS Perth was embroiled in war – in the Mediterranean and then in South-East Asia – Ray became both a witness and a chronicler of the conflict through his meticulous diaries and his minutely observed watercolours and sketches. When Perth was sunk off the coast of Java, Ray was one of the survivors. After a valiant attempt to sail back to Australia in a lifeboat, he surrendered and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese, first building the Thai-Burma Railway and then working as a slave labourer in a Japanese coalmine. The horrors and privations of those years saw some of his most memorable artwork – documenting both the beauty of the natural world and the savageries and humiliations of the POW ordeal. They were also years that saw the founding of lifelong friendships with fellow prisoners Edward 'Weary' Dunlop and Laurens van der Post. Ray's experiences gave him the material for the three seminal books he would publish after the war: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and The Sword and the Blossom.Ray died in 2005, acclaimed not only for his art and his wartime trilogy, but also for his prize-winning masterpiece H.M. Bark Endeavour, an extraordinary evocation of Captain Cook's ship and its voyage up the east coast of Australia in 1770.This remarkable biography, illustrated by 100 paintings and sketches, is the first full and comprehensive account of Ray's life and wartime experiences. Using extensive interviews with Ray himself, as well as his letters, diaries and unpublished memoirs, Pattie Wright has written a book that is powerful, moving and compelling.