| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL26678 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Heraldry |
| Physical description | Bone |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Burma Thailand Railway: Tarsau, Thailand |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Section of ulcerated tibia removed from a British POW : Lieutenant Colonel E E Dunlop, 2/2 CCS
Description
Large sequestrum (section of dead bone) from a tibia (shin bone) damaged by a tropical ulcer. The bone has irregular jagged edges and has been partially cut with a saw near a blue stain.
History / Summary
Associated with VX259 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ernest 'Weary' Dunlop. He removed this piece of bone, which was eroded by a tropical ulcer, from the shin bone of a British subaltern who was a prisoner of war at Tarsau in 1944. The officer recovered full use of the limb after plastic reconstruction. Dunlop used the bone as a specimen in lectures after the war.