Doctor John Harding Chinner

Forester
Born
9 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Died
13 November 2001, Melbourne, Victoria
Sex
Male
Father
Leslie Mervyn Chinner (Chief of Hansard Reporting Staff, Vic)
Mother
Alice Evelyn Eakins
Married (1) Elwyn Margaret Dunstan; (2) Patricia Forsyth

Degrees

1939Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • BScFor Oxon, DForSc hc Melb 1994.
  • DipFor.
  • Vic Rhodes Scholar for 1939.
  • Asst Silvicultural Offr, Vic Dept of State Forests.
  • Reader in Forestry, UMelb, Dean of Agriculture and Forestry.

Military service

  • Second World War: Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd AIF (MID).

Sources

Other:
  • Vic PS List 1948, SABI 952/424 1915, SAMI 236/373 1908.
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