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Edward Weary Dunlop was born in Wangaratta, Australia. He worked in a pharmacy before going to Melbourne University for medicine. Soon after graduating World War Two broke put and Edward enlisted.
Edward served in the Middle East and later in South-East Asia, where he was soon captured. He was held prisoner by the Japanese. He and the other prisoners were being made to build the infamous Thai-Burma railway.
After the war, Edward married and raised a family and continued to be a surgeon in Australia and parts of Asia.
in 1976, Sir Edward was named Australian of the year. Sir Edward died in 1993.
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