Dynon, Moira Lenore (1920 - 1976)

The eldest daughter of medical practitioner, Percy and Lily (née Johnston) Shelton, Moira Dynon was educated at Presentation Convent, Elsternwick, Loreto Convent, Toorak and the University of Melbourne. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1941, Dynon was commissioned in the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force and assisted Wing Commander R J W Le Fevre with chemical warfare munitions. Following her discharge she became a research officer with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and later with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

On 2 December 1950 she married John Dynon and they had five children. At this stage Dynon became involved with community organisations. These included the Catholic Mothers' Club Federation, the Catholic Women's Social Guild and the Australian Council of Catholic Women. In 1952 the Dynons established the Malvern branch of the United Nations Australia Association, Victorian division. In 1960 she initiated and ran an appeal to provide secondary education for Japanese children of returned Australian servicemen. Moira Dynon became chairman of the Aid for India and president of its successor Aid India. She also helped with famine-relief campaigns in Bengal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

• Shelton, Moira Lenore (maiden name, 4 September 1920 - 2 December 1950)

Events

1942	Graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science
10 October 1942	Commissioned in the Women's Royal Australian Air Force
29 March 1943	Posted to the Directorate of Armament
10 April 1943	Promoted to section officer
1 July 1944	Promoted to flight officer
1946 - 1947	Research officer (Antibiotics) with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Victoria
8 February 1946	Discharged from Royal Australian Air Force
1947 - 1950	Worked with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1948	Appointed female officer on the staff council at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
2 December 1950	Married barrister and solicitor John Francis Dynon at Xavier College, Kew
1954 - 1955	Established and foundation president of the Federation of Loreto Old Girls' Associations
1958 - 1959	Vice-president of the Catholic Mothers' Clubs' Federation
1961 - 1967	President of the Italo-Australian Welfare Association Women's Division
1962 - 1968	Member of the executive committee for the Catholic Women's Social Guild
1963 - 1965	Member of the National executive committee of the A J Ferguson Memorial Appeal for Care of Australian-Japanese Children in Japan
1964	Chairman of the Aid India Campaign
1965	Trustee of the National Fund of the A J Ferguson Memorial Appeal for Care of Australian-Japanese Children in Japan
1966 - 1968	Vice-president of the Catholic Women's Social Guild
1967	National President of the Aid India Campaign
1967	Received the Knight Order of Star of Italian Solidarity
1968	Vice-president of the Australian Council of Catholic Women
1969	Section chairman of the UNESCO Seminar "Human Rights" at Madras

Membership

• Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )

Vice President

• Catholic Women's League Victoria/ Wagga Wagga (1916 - )

  [1966 - 1968]

Related Corporate Bodies

• Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) (1941 - 1947)

  [1942 - 1946]

Book Sections

• Humphris, M R, 'Dynon, Moira Lenore (1920-1976)', in Ritchie, John (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic., 1996, pp. 66-67. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'SHELTON, MOIRA LENORE', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1070220. [ Details... ]

See also

• Legge, J S (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1971, 20 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1971, 1024 pp. [ Details... ]