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PART ONE 1907-1939
One Beginnings | 3 |
Two Friday's child | 11 |
Three The philosopher's stone | 34 |
Four Men of Ormond | 46 |
Five Dunlop of Benalla | 67 |
Six 'Nulla vestigia retrorsum' | 89 |
Seven Journey to the Promised Land | 109 |
Eight Mr E. E. Dunlop MS, FRCS | 123 |
PART TWO 1940-1942
Nine War by any means | 139 |
Ten Unholy Holy Land | 149 |
Eleven Scarlet Major at the Base | 175 |
Twelve Across the wine-dark seas | 199 |
Thirteen Grey ships waiting | 236 |
Fourteen 'Sorry, gone to Tobruk' | 248 |
Fifteen The back garden of Allah | 267 |
PART THREE 1942-1945
Sixteen Fastest ship of the convoy | 291 |
Seventeen Into the bag | 301 |
Eighteen Singing and games forbidden | 324 |
Nineteen Via Dolorosa | 364 |
Twenty Valley of the shadow | 396 |
Twenty-one Stables for the sick | 439 |
Twenty-two We Kempeis do but do our duty | 454 |
Twenty-three 'Ancient civilisations' | 472 |
Twenty-four 'Oh incredible day!' | 505 |
Twenty-five The return of Ulysses | 526 |
PART FOUR 1945-1967
Twenty-six Reclaiming the lost years | 541 |
Twenty-seven The solace of surgery | 557 |
Twenty-eight Surgeon ambassador | 570 |
PART FIVE 1967-1993
Twenty-nine 'The influence of Weary' | 593 |
Thirty The life-long mission | 603 |
Thirty-one Almonds to those who have no teeth | 623 |
Acknowledgements| |
Abbreviations | |
Endnotes | |
Select bibliography | |
Index | |
MAPS & LINE DRAWINGS
Palestine camps | 153 |
Hospitals, Middle East | 153 |
Greece | 205 |
Netherlands East Indies: West Java | 304 |
Landsopvoedingsgesticht Camp | 327 |
Konyu River Camp | 384 |
Central Thailand: Konyu-Hintok section | 399
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A very disappointing bio. After 150 pages I was overwhelmed with the miniature, there was lack of economy of the author's writing and there seemed an inability of the editor's to cut some far too long sentences and paragraphs back. As the read reached the times I was specifically interested in, it did not get any better, it took a lot of energy to complete this read. Having to reread areas that were of much interest to me such as Weary Dunlop's courageous work on the Thai Burma railways during World War 2 was dissatisfying.
The main text is 640 pages long. Major historical figures have biographies half this length, such was the depth of the research. There are very good Maps and Line Drawings throughout, and the plates sections are excellent. Endnotes states that “All unsourced quotes in this book are taken from many hours of tape-recorded interviews.....” that the author had with Weary Dunlop. In my opinion, this is a mistake for obvious reasons. The Select Bibliography is very useful. The author states in the acknowledgements Weary Dunlop was the main source of information, and unfortunately this leads to what is almost hagiography.
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