Campbell Begg

New Zealand doctor and politician (1886–1971)

Robert Campbell Begg MC (11 April 1886 – 26 July 1971) was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 11 April 1886.^[1] He first studied theology and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB. After serving as a medical officer during World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross, he returned to Edinburgh, gaining an MD in 1923.^[2]

He was the president of the New Zealand Legion from 1933 until its demise in 1934–35, and later moved to South Africa.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[3]

References

^ Goldstone, Paul. "Robert Campbell Begg". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Begg, Robert Campbell (1923). "The urachus". MD Thesis. hdl:1842/26292.
^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.