Former general practitioner Brisbane, Australia (b Wigan 1917; q Liverpool 1940; DObst RCOG), died from bronchopneumonia on 6 July 2004.
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In 1943 Grace enlisted in the Royal Air Force and was stationed at Halton in Buckinghamshire. There occupational therapy was her main concern. In 1946 she married Thomas Lennon, and for the next 15 years worked part time in maternity and child welfare and started a family. In 1961 Tom died from bowel cancer (obituary BMJ 26 August 1961, p 590). Two years later Grace emigrated to Brisbane with four children to join a practice established by a friend from medical school. All her life Grace was concerned with the status of women, and in Brisbane she was secretary (1968-73), then president (1978-80), of the Queensland Medical Women's Association. She leaves three children.
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