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Author Saxby, Claire, author

Title Meet ... Weary Dunlop / written by Claire Saxby ; illustrated by Jeremy Lord
Published North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2015
©2015

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB CRC  617.092 Dunlop Sax/Mwd  AVAILABLE
 MELB SPCBC  819 Saxby Cla/Mwd  LIB USE ONLY
Description 32 unnumbered pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
regular print
Series Meet ; [8]
Meet ; 8
Summary A new addition to the series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including World War II hero Sir Edward Dunlop. Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. Weary was among the Allies taken as prisoners of war in Java and moved to Thailand, to work on the grim ThaiBurma railway. This is the story of how Wearys bravery, tenacity, and compassion helped save the lives and bolster the spirits of Australian POWs
Analysis Australian
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes Also published: North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2016
Audience For children
Has Indexes P
Subject Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993 -- Juvenile literature.
Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993.
Burma-Siam Railroad -- Juvenile literature.
Burma-Siam Railroad.
Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Surgeons -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Surgeons -- Australia -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Burma -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Burma.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Genre/Form Picture books.
Biographies.
Author Lord, Jeremy, illustrator
ISBN 0857985361
9780857985361
Other Titles Weary Dunlop