Following impressive performances for Queensland, Campbell was selected to make his international debut against Fiji in Suva the same year as a member of the 1984 Grand Slam Wallaby touring side.
The coach presented an inscribed photograph of Campbell, reaching for the ball in a line-out, thanking him for playing 'such a big role in our Bledisloe Cup victory'.
He attended Villa Nova College in his early school years and then moved to Gregory Terrace, where he progressed through age group rugby.
Lynne gave birth to daughters Lauren in 1981 (now wife of former Australia lock Mark Chisholm) and Natalie in 1985, and a son, Alexander, in 1987.
Straight after the 1987 World Cup, Campbell headed to England with his young family on a one-year Kobe Steel scholarship at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and played for the university team.
In early 1991, with Australia gearing up for what would prove to be a successful quest to raise the Webb Ellis trophy for the first time, Campbell quit at the age of 29 to focus on his family and medical studies.
In 2009 he became one of the first vascular surgeons in Australia to use less invasive surgical procedures such as (UGS) ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins.