Weary Dunlop: A Short Biography with Student Activities

Famous People for School Students

Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop (1907 – 1993) NEW

Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop was a big, strong, country boy from Benalla who became a doctor and a member of an Australian rugby team to play the All Blacks. During the Second World War, he was an army surgeon whose leadership and care for his men was beyond heroic. He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and was sent to the Thai-Burma railway where the men under his command received very little food, lived in terrible conditions and were sent out to work each day, no matter how sick they were. Weary did all he good to keep his camps as clean as possible and to share equally such little food as they had. He and his men invented all sorts of medical equipment out of bamboo and whatever else they could find. Weary defied his captors, even when they punished him severely. After the war, Weary Dunlop dedicated his life to the health and welfare of veterans, and to fostering good relations even with his earlier captors.

This digital publication is supplied in interactive PDF format with a school site licence to reproduce for hard copy use and electronic use on all devices. The purchase of one copy allows its use in the whole school forever! This is a new edition of Weary Dunlop All previous editions are out of print.

• Read on an electronic book reader
• Computer, iPad, Kindle, iPhone
• Print to read in hard copy
• Make class sets (No restrictions!)
• School site licence

Activities book (40 pages). School site licence. These resources can be used by teachers to encourage students to read widely and be inspired by the deeds of others.

• Reading and Comprehension Test
• Language Conventions Test
• Time Trial
• Crossword
• Interview
• Research activity
• Answers