About Moira Lenore Dynon
Lived 1920 – 1976 (aged 56). Moira Lenore Dynon was a chemist.
Moira Lenore Dynon (; 4 September 1920 – 23 October 1976) was an Australian chemist and community activist.
The daughter of Percy Shelton and Lily Johnston, she was born Moira Lenore Shelton in Elsternwick and was educated there, in Toorak and at the University of Melbourne, where she received a BSc in 1941. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, where she was responsible for inspection, management and training in the use of chemical weapons. After returning to civilian life, she worked in research for the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and then for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Dynon died of cancer in Malvern at the age of 56.
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(1920-1976) welfare worker and scientist
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Moira Lenore Dynon was born on 4 September 1920.
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Moira Lenore Dynon was a chemist.
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