Nicolaas Nieuwoudt
Appearance
Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt | |
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Born | [1] Louisvale, Northern Cape | 23 October 1929
Died | 22 November 1989[2] | (aged 60)
Allegiance | South Africa |
Service | South African Military Health Service |
Years of service | 1960–1988 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Awards | |
Relations | Ina Pretorius (Wife)[2] |
Lieutenant-General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt MBChB SSA SD SM (1929–1989[1]) was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he joined the South African Air Force's medical branch in 1960, after five years private practise.[2] He commanded the South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1977[3] to 1988. He also commanded the secretive South African chemical and biological weapons program, known as Project Coast from 1981 to 1988.[4]
Education
[edit]He obtained a medical degree from the University of Pretoria
Honours and awards
[edit]He was awarded the following medals and decorations:
- 1985 – Star of South Africa (1952) (SSA)
- 1980 – Southern Cross Decoration (SD)
- 1964 – Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM)
- 1984 – Pro Patria Medal
- 1979 – Order of the Cloud and Banner (2nd Grade - with Grand Cordon) (ORB)
- 1980[2] – The Order of Military Merit, degree 'Grand Officer' Paraguay
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Uys, Ian (1992). South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X.
- ^ a b c d "Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt" (PDF). archive.samj.org.za (in Afrikaans). 3 February 1990. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Pretorius, C.M.L. KO (1982). "Die SAGD - Sy Ontstaan en ontwikkeling". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies (in Afrikaans). 12 (2): 38–45. doi:10.5787/12-2-621. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Gould, Chandré; Folb, Peter. "Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme" (PDF). United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012.
Militaria - Official Professional Journal of the SADF (Vol 12/2: 1982)
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- Recipients of the Southern Cross Decoration
- Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal
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- 1929 births
- 1989 deaths
- Afrikaner people
- South African military personnel of the Border War
- South Africa and weapons of mass destruction
- South African military personnel stubs