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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, eventually obtaining his medical degree (MB ChB) back in Scotland at [[Edinburgh University]] in 1914, just in time to join the British Army in France.
During the [[First World War]] he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] and was twice mentioned in dispatches. In 1918, he was badly gassed, and perhaps it was a result of ill health that his
In 1924, he was appointed to the Chair of Pathology at the University of Melbourne.<ref name="MacCallum, Sir Peter 1885–1974">{{cite web|last1=Guest|title=MacCallum, Sir Peter (1885–1974)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/maccallum-sir-peter-10905|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> Typically, he soon directed his energy and concern to one of the greatest medical challenges, the fight against cancer.
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