Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences
Oscar Schmalzbach
Oscar Schmalzbach
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Oscar Rivers Schmalzbach was born in Poland in April 1912 and died in Sydney in January 1997\. He began his tertiary education at the University of Poland but was forced into hiding when Germany invaded and escaped to Britain, serving in the British Army during the war. After, he became a Research Fellow in Physiology at Middlesex Hospital, completing post\-graduate work at Maudsley Hospital and the National Institute of Neurology in 1947\. In 1949, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney where he was a medical officer at Callan Park Hospital. In 1963, he became Consultant Psychiatrist with the New South Wales Attorney General's Department and was called upon to give evidence and his opinion in major criminal trials.Michael Kirby, ["Obituary. Dr Oscar Schmalzbach" for Medical Journal of Australia](http://www.michaelkirby.com.au/images/stories/speeches/1990s/vol40/1997/1442-Obituary_-_Oscar_Schmalzbach_(Medical_Journal).pdf) accessed 26 August 2011\. On 31 December 1979 he was made and Officer in the Order of the British Empire (Civil division).Australian Government, [It's an honour](http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm) (database online) accessed 26 August 2011\.


What insights does Oscar Schmalzbach's story offer into the complexities of identity and belonging?