Hi Issy and foxy,

Unfortunately for you Issy, a diary entry dated 23rd April 1942, over three years before the date in question 25th July 1945, is not EVIDENCE. Move about 1,000 entries later to 25th July 1945, does Dunlap still reference those pistols as being in his possession? Very simple request to provide evidence on your part.

Paul,

No, he doesn't, but as the pistols were of some importance to trusted others then its not surprising that they are not mentioned directly in the diaries, had the diaries been discovered it would have been the end for Dunlop but that would have been no reason to reveal to the Japanese the existence of the pistols.
Weary always thought ahead which you obviously do not.

"Yes, unfortunately, Issy made claims concerning guns and Sir Weary Dunlop which at the end of the day were nothing more than figments of his vivid imagination"

I just provided evidence that your statement above is wishful thinking and verbal diarrhoea.

Foxy,

"I can only be beaten by someone whose opinions
I respect."

Then you do respect my opinions, that's nice to hear.

Do you finally concede that Weary had pistols and that he hid them from the Japanese or do you think that the footnote cited from the printed edition of his "War Diaries" is a figment of my imagination?

Foxy and Paul,

Just thought that you might like to know that Weary Dunlop was capable of violence.

op.cit. pp.385-86.

In a footnote, he talks about entering the Japanese compound, in the night, to take empty drums to use in the hospital.
He was sprung by a Korean sentry whom he belted with the heavy torch that he was carrying.
Next day nothing happened over the incident so Dunlop concluded that the sentry (who had a large lump on his head) had suffered concussion and resultant 'retrograde amnesia'.

Perhaps, you think that this footnote is also a figment of my imagination.

Issy, you claimed that on or about 25th July 1945, with the capitulation of the Japanese imminent Dunlop; "would have used them [his pistols]"....."His (Dunlop) intention was, if the worst came to the worst, to shoot Japanese soldiers so that the fittest among the prisoners could take their rifles"

That is what you have invented. You can't offer any evidence that Dunlop had pistols in his possession, on or about 25th July 1945. You simply extrapolated from a reference three years earlier.

Sorry, but I'll have to give you another PORKY AWARD.

Dear Paul,

The following is a link from the Australian
War Memorial - it covers stories of
leadership in the services. Scroll down to
Sir Edward Weary Dunlop. It explains why Sir
Dunlop was so loved and highly regarded and
what he did for the men under his care.

http://www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/Decision.pdf