Robert Campbell Begg


Robert Campbell Begg was a New Zealand doctor and politician. He was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand on 11 April 1886. He first studied theology and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying M.B., Ch.B. After serving as a medical officer during the First World War, for which he was awarded the military cross, he returned to Edinburgh, gaining an MD in 1923.
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.