Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop (1907–1993) was an Australian Army surgeon prisoner-of-war on the Burma railway and is legendary for repeatedly risking his own life to save sick allied soldiers. On one occasion he placed himself in front of guards with bayonets who were about to kill POWs too sick to work. (M 43382) _ _.
Discovered on 18-6-1999 in Reedy Creek by Broughton, J.