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=//**Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop **//=

// Your Biography Assessment //

**//__ Sir Edward Dunlop was a very brave Australian war hero who would help anyone who needed help, under any conditions. __//**
==== // Would you step in front of a man who was about to be killed, even if you barely even knew him? I know //// what //// most of you would say. The man I have chosen is extremely courageous and to many people, a hero. His name, Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. // ====

 // Edward was born on the 12th of July, 1907, at Wangarratta, Victoria, Australia. At the time of his birth he had one older brother, Alan and his two parents, James and Alice Dunlop. As a younger boy he lived at his fathers farm, and this was the perfect place for him because he loved being outside and adventuring. He was a very intelligent kid and attended a school in Benalla and preffered sport over study. After leaving his schooling he started working at a local pharmacy. Then later in 1927 he moved to Melbourne. //  // In Melbourne he did courses for 'Pharmacy and Medicine' at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of Pharmacy and in 1934 he graduated with first class honours at the University of Melbourne. One of his favorite sports was rugby union, while at university he started playing at Melbourne University Rugby Club in the year 1931 (4th Grade Rugby). Obviously he was a natural because he quickly progressed through all the other grades and then he represented Victoria, then finally Australia with the Wallabies. Edward was very lucky because he was the first Victorian born player to play for the Wallabies.In June 2008 Edward was brought into the Wallabies hall of fame and yet again was the first Victorian. //  // Even as a young kid Edward dreamed of being part of the war that was raging at the time, and when he was older that dream came true. His fame and popularity came from WWII where he faced many horrors. I will tell you the story. //  // A year after he enlisted for the army he was sent to Java, Indonesia. He was sent here because the Japanese at the time had attacked the island and he needed to heal their wounds and injuries. But unfortunately two weeks after his arrival the Japanese captured the town where he was staying. The Japanese then shipped all of the prisoners out of Singapore into Burma, from there they were all crammed into a train for a five day horror trip to Thailand. The Japanese got all prisoners and slaves to build a railway track that was over 400km long from Burma to Thailand. This project became know as "The Railway of Death" because over 100,000 lives were lost. The work required strength and good tools. The prisoners had neither. Edward was the commander of all the slaves and he had the worst job of them all, deciding which men were well enough to work. He was also the guy that healed them after their inhumane labour. //  // Edward would argue with their captors about making sick men work but they were relentless. There are many men who owe their lives to Edward, but one man in particular, owes more than that. Bill Griffiths was an injured man and the Japanese wanted to kill him because they saw no use in a disabled man. So the Japanese pointed bayonets at the man but Edward stepped in front refusing to move until they spared his life. Weary was caught with a tracking device and the Japnese tied him up against a tree and pointed bayonets at his bear stomach with a countdown running for his death, but instead they tortured him. After the war Weary continued to work as a surgeon in Australia and parts of Asia. In 1993, ten days short of his 86th birthday, Sir Edward Weary Dunlop died. More than ten thousand people lined the streets of Melbourne for the funeral. //  // 1.What do you think of this man, what makes him show courage and what part of his story stands out for you? // = Videos About Edward = = Speech|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| = ====References: [|http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/dunlop.htm 1] ﻿﻿﻿﻿[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Dunlop 2] __ [] 3 __   ====