Author(s): Allan Drummond

Aussie Notables

A strapping young lad from country Victoria, Weary played rugby for Australia while studying medicine. He went to England to further his studies but caught caught up in the maelstrom of the Second World War. He served in Greece and Tobruk before becoming a hero of the prison camps of the Burma Railway. Worked strenuously for returned soldiers and for other good causes after the war. Australian of the Year in 1990.