Robert Campbell Begg, known as Campbell Begg (1886 to 1971), was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician. Born in Dunedin on 11 April 1886, he first studied theology and then medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB, and served as a medical officer in World War I, earning the Military Cross for service that included treating Indian soldiers in Flanders and Egyptian soldiers during the Gallipoli campaign. He gained an MD at Edinburgh in 1923. Back in New Zealand he was president of the conservative New Zealand Legion from 1933 until 1935. He moved with his family to South Africa in 1937 and died in Johannesburg on 26 July 1971. He also wrote a series of medical textbooks, and later books including The Secret of the Knife: A Surgeon's Story (1965) and Surgery on Trestles (1967).
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was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician who served as the president of the conservative New Zealand Legion from 1933 until 1934–35.
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was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician who served as the president of the conservative New Zealand Legion from 1933 until 1934-35.
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After serving as a medical officer during World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
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The Secret of the Knife: A Surgeon's Story (1965)
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