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The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop: Surgeon, prisoner-of-war, life-saving leader and legend of the Thai-Burma Railway
560 pages, Hardcover
Published April 28, 2026
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Peter FitzSimons
85 books496 followersPeter FitzSimons is one of Australia’s most prominent and successful media and publishing identities. His busy professional life involves co-hosting the breakfast program on Sydney's Radio 2UE, writing weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald newspapers, appearing on Foxtel's Back Page television show and, when time permits, authoring best-selling books. A correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph as well, he is also in high demand as a guest speaker and presenter
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‘The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop’ By Peter Fitzsimons.
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A Great Australian. A superb Historyk 'The courageous Life of Weary Dunlop' by Peter Fitzsimmons.
I just finished this outstanding biography of the ‘Courageous life of Weary Dunlop’ by Peter Simmons. What a brilliantly engaging and intoxicating story. A vivid historical narrative. A book I highly recommend for young and old. It's so well written and as narrative history it is utterly captivating. I put my trust in professional historians and when they research great Australians I hand over my faith that their work is solid and sincere. One of the brilliant gems of this history comes towards the end of the biography as Fitzsimons unveils the life outcomes of the lives of some of these great men who survived their horrible and nasty existence as a prisoners of war by the Japanese in World War II. Being ex army with service in Iraq I proudly salute these men. Also my military experiences were nothing near the trauma that these men suffered for the three plus years in captivity by the Japanese. The academic work that's gone into bringing this man's story alive is superb. Weary Dunlop is an archetypical Australian. Tough, determined and a survivor. A great historical figure. I highly recommend this biography. It is so well done. Engaging and illuminating. Just fantastic.
‘The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop’ By Peter Fitzsimons.
https://youtu.be/8KDZMEsxUTA
A Great Australian. A superb Historyk 'The courageous Life of Weary Dunlop' by Peter Fitzsimmons.
I just finished this outstanding biography of the ‘Courageous life of Weary Dunlop’ by Peter Simmons. What a brilliantly engaging and intoxicating story. A vivid historical narrative. A book I highly recommend for young and old. It's so well written and as narrative history it is utterly captivating. I put my trust in professional historians and when they research great Australians I hand over my faith that their work is solid and sincere. One of the brilliant gems of this history comes towards the end of the biography as Fitzsimons unveils the life outcomes of the lives of some of these great men who survived their horrible and nasty existence as a prisoners of war by the Japanese in World War II. Being ex army with service in Iraq I proudly salute these men. Also my military experiences were nothing near the trauma that these men suffered for the three plus years in captivity by the Japanese. The academic work that's gone into bringing this man's story alive is superb. Weary Dunlop is an archetypical Australian. Tough, determined and a survivor. A great historical figure. I highly recommend this biography. It is so well done. Engaging and illuminating. Just fantastic.
May 4, 2026
Outstanding. Well researched. Powerful.
What a story!
What a story!
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