Dunlop, Sir Ernest Edward (Weary) (1907–1993)
Biographical Entries
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Sir Edward Dunlop, by John McKinnon, 1986
National Library of Australia, 45267273
Life Summary [details]
Birth
12 July,
1907
Wangaratta,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
2 July,
1993
(aged 85)
Prahran, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Benalla High School (Vic)
- College of Pharmacy (Melbourne)
- University of Melbourne
- Ormond College (University of Melbourne)
Occupation
Military Service
- World War II
- Battle of Tobruk, 1941
- Burma-Thailand Railway POW camp
- Changi POW camp
- Fall of Singapore, 1942
- Konyu River POW camp
Awards
- H. T. Tompsitt Memorial Scholarship
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knight Bachelor
- Australian of the Year
- Companion of the Order of Australia
- Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame
Legacies
Key Organisations
- Freemasons
- Wallabies Australian rugby union team
- Melbourne University Rugby Club
- Ex-Prisoners of War Relatives Association (Vic)
- Royal Australian College of Surgeons
- Australian-Asian Association
- Prisoners of War Trust Fund
- Victorian Foundation on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- Anti-Cancer Council (Vic)