Peter FitzSimons: The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop
Schedule
Tue Nov 11 2025 at 08:00 am to 09:00 am
UTC+11:00Location
Shrine of Remembrance | Melbourne, VI
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Join us this Remembrance Day as bestselling author Peter FitzSimons shares the extraordinary story of a doctor whose courage and leadership became a lifeline for thousands on the infamous Thai–Burma Railway.Young Australian surgeon Edward “Weary” Dunlop was commissioned as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps and later sent to Java. At a hospital in Bandoeng, the Japanese were ready to murder the bedridden when Weary put his body in front of the bayonets. From that moment, his leadership and selflessness became legend.
In the prisoner-of-war camps, disease, starvation and relentless forced labour claimed thousands of lives. With little to no medical supplies and under extreme physical pressure, Weary took risks and beatings to defy the Japanese and keep his men alive.
In his new book The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop, Peter FitzSimons uncovers how this gentle giant’s courageous leadership and calm endurance became a beacon of hope to the POWs under his command.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase with the opportunity to have them signed by Peter FitzSimons after the talk.
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