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Line 51: Peter MacCallum was born in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] on 14 July 1885.<ref name=adb>{{cite AuDB\|id=A150201b\|title=MacCallum, Sir Peter (1885–1974)\|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> He was the son of Peter MacCallum, a New Zealander, living at Gairfield House in the [[Maryhill]] district of Glasgow.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1885-6</ref> The family returned to [[New Zealand]] in his youth and he was raised in [[Christchurch]], his father's home town. He was sent to work at the age of 12. He was able to return to school and continued his entire education through a series of scholarships and part-time work, including working his way back to the United Kingdom as a [[coal trimmer]]. He eventually ~~obtaining~~ obtained an [[MB ChB]] back in Scotland at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1914, just in time to join the [[British Army]] in France.<ref name=adb/> == Career == Line 78: [[Category:1885 births]] [[Category:1974 deaths]] [[Category:Royal Army Medical Corps officers]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]] [[Category:Australian oncologists]] Line 88 ⟶ 89: [[Category:Scottish emigrants to Australia]] [[Category:Medical doctors from Christchurch]] [[Category:Australian ~~military~~Army personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Royal Australian Army Medical Corps officers]] [[Category:Military personnel from Glasgow]] [[Category:Military personnel from Christchurch]]