Robert CAMPBELL-BEGG   
MA (NZ), BSc (NZ), MRCS LRCP (Edin), MB ChB (Edin), MD (Edin),
FRCS (Edin), FACS, FRACS
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Born Dunedin 11/4/1886    Died Johannesburg 26/7/1971

Educated at Kaikorai School, Otago Boys' High School, Otago and Edinburgh Universities

BA (NZ) 1905, MA Hons (NZ) 1907, BSc (NZ) 1908, MRCS LRCP (Edin) 1911, MB ChB (Edin) 1912, MD (Edin) 1923, FRCS (Edin) 1923, FACS 1926, FRACS 1927

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

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Obituary: BMJ 1971 3:538

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection
Wellington Hospital