Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop led a group of Australian POWs who were forced to build Imperial Japan's Changi railway, working under appalling conditions. 9News
A 1956 portrait of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, painted by Murray Griffin.
The Wangaratta-born man led a group of Australian POWs who were forced to build Imperial Japan's Changi railway, working under appalling conditions. Nonetheless, after the war, Dunlop forgave his captors and worked hard to promote relations between Australia and Asia.Among his other distinctions - including numerous overseas honours - Dunlop also played for the Wallabies before WWII, and remains the only Victorian inducted into the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame.
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