Campbell-Begg, Robert

Born Dunedin 11 Apr 1886 Died Johannesburg 26 Jul 1971
R Campbell-Begg
Educated at Kaikorai School, Otago Boys’ High School, Otago and Edinburgh Universities
HS, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1912
MO, Barnato Consolidated Mines, Transvaal 1913 – 1914
In WW1, worked with the Red Cross in France before joining the RAMC in Egypt
Post-war, settled in Wellington, initially working in general practice
Visiting Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Children’s Hospital 1917 – 1923
Visiting Honorary Urologist, Wellington Hospital 1924 – 1936
Postgraduate studies in USA 1927, in USA and Europe in 1930 and again in 1936
Moved to live in South Africa in 1937 where he practised as a Urologist. Retired from practice in 1951

Obituary: BMJ 1971 3:538

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection