Weary Dunlop

Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (died 1993)

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Born: July 12, 1907
Died: July 2, 1993
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1907

About Weary Dunlop

Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War. Dunlop graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1934 with first class honours in pharmacy and in medicine, and excelled as a sportsman at Melbourne University and Ormond College. Dunlop had broken his nose in a head clash in the Melbourne University boxing championships on 3 August 1934, and it was broken again in the first five minutes of the match. In the first Test of 1934 he again appeared for Australia, this time as a lock Australia won the match 25–11.

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Weary Dunlop timeline

1934Dunlop graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1934 with first class honours in pharmacy and in medicine, and excelled as a sportsman at Melbourne University and Ormond College.
1934Dunlop had broken his nose in a head clash in the Melbourne University boxing championships on 3 August 1934, and it was broken again in the first five minutes of the match.
1934In the first Test of 1934 he again appeared for Australia, this time as a lock Australia won the match 25–11.

The world when Weary Dunlop was born

Weary Dunlop was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Weary Dunlop's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1907	2026
Population	86.0M	341 million

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