[1] He is credited with developing and providing life saving treatment for critically ill burns patients.
[2] It was during his time at Julia Creek where he first became interested in the treatment of burns after encountering a severely-burnt house fire victim.
[3] Despite contacting some of the state's most senior specialists for advice, they couldn't offer Pegg any sufficient guidance.
[2] Beginning in June 1967, Pegg started working at the Royal Brisbane Hospital initially as a surgical supervisor and then as the director of surgery.
[3] After lobbying for better facilities, an adult burns centre was established at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1977, of which he was appointed the director.
[3] It was relocated to another building in 2003, and reopened as the Professor Stuart Pegg Adult Burns Centre in his honour.
[2] Pegg became an emeritus professor at the University of Queensland in 2001 where he taught burns surgery methods to students over a five-year period.
[6] One of Pegg's most notable patients was Jandamarra O'Shane, a seven-year-old Aboriginal boy who was doused in petrol and set alight while playing at his Cairns primary school in 1996.