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Lush, Dora Mary (1910–1943)

	Lush, Dora Mary (1910–1943)
Born	31 July, 1910 Hawthorn, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Died	20 May, 1943 (aged 32) Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cause of Death	scrub/bush typhus
Religious Influence	Baptist Presbyterian
Related Entries [View as tree]	Lush, Robert Finlay (uncle) Lush, George (grandfather) Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (work colleague)
Education*	Fintona Girls' School (Balwyn, Melbourne) (student, 1922-1928) University of Melbourne (student, 1929-1933)
Occupation*	bacteriologist (1933-1939) Victoria, Australia bacteriologist (1939-1942) Overseas bacteriologist (1942-1943) Victoria, Australia
Legacies*	Dora Lush Biomedical Research Postgraduate Scholarship (NHMRC) (eponym)
Key Organisations*	Old Fintonians (Melbourne) (member, ?-1943)
Workplaces*	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne) (bacteriologist, 1934-1939) Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne) (bacteriologist, 1942-1943)

* Dates are approximate

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