Person
Blomfield, Owen Hugh Dunon (1912 - 2000)
- Born
- 28 September 1912
- Died
- 6 June 2000
- Occupation
- Electrical engineer, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst
- Alternative Names
- Blomfield, Bill
Summary
Owen Hugh D. (Bill) Blomfield lead an extraordinarily varied professional life. While studying (science?) at the University of Sydney he obtained his plying licence and was then recruited by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He was sent to England for training and qualified as a signals specialist and electrical engineer. From 1939 to around 1948 he served with the RAAF and in 1944 was involved in an incident which resulted in sever burns and he eventually left the RAAF. This was the catalyst for his desire to study medicine which he did at the University of Melbourne after 1949. He later qualified as a psychiatrist and then a psychoanalyst. Blomfield was a founding member of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society and the Australian Association of Group Psychotherapy.
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Chronology
- c. 1933
- Education - Pre-war Officer training at Cranwell, UK. Qualified in signals and electrical engineering
- 1939 - c. 1948
- Career position - Joined the Royal Australian Air Force and served in many areas including Egypt, India, and the United Kingdom.
- 1949
- Life event - Moved to Melbourne
- 1980 - 1981
- Career position - President, Australian Psychoanalytical Society
- 1982 - 1983
- Career position - President, Australian Association of Group Psychotherapy
Published resources
Resources
- Dr OHD (Bill) Blomfield: the profile of an analyst, 2002, http://www.psychoanalysisdownunder.com/downunder/backissues/issue2/304/b_blomfield. Details
- 'Blomfield, Owen Hugh Dunon (19120928-20000606)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476379. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 3 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011