More than 40 years ago Sir Edward Dunlop, then a Lieutenant-Colonel, began these diaries at the start of his imprisonment by the Japanese in Java and on the Burma-Thailand railway. His meticulous observations of prison camp life were concealed all through the war, and by the time peace came in 1945, he carried with him a unique record of the lives of prisoners-of-war. As a commanding officer and a surgeon, "Weary" became a hero and a legend to thousands of Australian and Allied prisoners, whose lives were saved with meagre ...
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More than 40 years ago Sir Edward Dunlop, then a Lieutenant-Colonel, began these diaries at the start of his imprisonment by the Japanese in Java and on the Burma-Thailand railway. His meticulous observations of prison camp life were concealed all through the war, and by the time peace came in 1945, he carried with him a unique record of the lives of prisoners-of-war. As a commanding officer and a surgeon, "Weary" became a hero and a legend to thousands of Australian and Allied prisoners, whose lives were saved with meagre medical supplies and the instruments the medical officers carried on their backs through Java and the Thai jungles. Sir Edward describes how the camps were organized, he records deaths, cholera epidemics, operations, and torture, his own - rare - despair, the movement of prisoners up and down the line, and his constant struggle to protect the sick from being drafted into Japanese work parties.
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Add this copy of The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop; Java and the Burma to cart. $20.85, very good condition, Sold by Roger Lucas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horncastle, Lincs, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Viking.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. UK reprint, large 8vo, 401pp, foreword by Sir Laurens van der Post, photo illustrations, previous owner's inscription to ffep o/w VG Copy in VG DJ.
Add this copy of The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop: Java and the Burma to cart. $28.75, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by Viking.
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Used-Good. Reprint, 1990. Red stain on page fore-edge; text clean. Owner's inscription on front free end paper; 50p coin showing Weary Dunlop glued to title page, with owner's name. Some wear to board edges & at head & foot of spine; dust jacket shelf-worn, with tear at head of spine.