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Roy Andersen (general)

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Major General

Roy Cecil Andersen

Maj Gen Roy C Andersen Chief Defence Reserves SANDF
Born (1948-05-12) 12 May 1948 (age 76)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
Years of service1966–2021
RankMajor General
UnitTransvaal Horse Artillery
Commands
  • General of the Gunners
  • Chief Defence Reserves
  • Director Part Time Component
  • SSO Operations, 7 Div
  • SSO Artillery, 7 Div
  • OC Transvaal Horse Artillery
Battles/warsSouth African Border War
AwardsStar of South Africa CSSA Southern Cross Decoration SD & Bar Southern Cross Medal SM Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Mandela Commemoration Medal ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' John Chard Decoration JCD John Chard Medal '
Other workBusinessman

Major General Roy Cecil Andersen CSSA SD & Bar SM MMM JCD with 30 Yr Clasp (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.

Military career

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He was commissioned into the Artillery in 1966 at 14 Field Regiment in Bethlehem, Orange Free State where he served under the then Officer Commanding- Cmdt C.L. Viljoen. He commanded the Transvaal Horse Artillery from 1976 to 1979[1] and participated in Operation Savannah both as regimental Commander and Air Observation Post Officer. He was thereafter appointed as Senior Staff Officer Artillery and subsequently Senior Staff Officer Operations of 7 South African Infantry Division. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 2003, as Chief Defence Reserves for the South African National Defence Force.[2]

Civilian career

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He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1972 and as a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 in Texas.[3]

He served as Executive President of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from 1992 until 1997. As of 2023 he is a Director of Nampak.[4]

Honours and awards

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Medals

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He has been awarded[2] the

Proficiency badges

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Proficiency badges
Master Gunner: 110
Master Gunner
Major General
Roy C. Andersen[b]
Year: 2019
←109: Master Warrant Officer
M.P. Mokoena
Lt Colonel
M.S. Makhele :111→
Badge for Reserve Voluntary Service
(Service Award)
Five Years Voluntary Service
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
  2. ^ Post occupied when award was made: CD SANDF Reserves, CSD

References

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  1. ^ Rumney, Reg (1999). Movers & shakers: an A-Z of South African business people. Internet Archive. Sandton: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-029025-7.
  2. ^ a b "Profile – Major General Roy Andersen, CSSA, SD, SM, MMM, JCD Chief of Defence Reserves, SA National Defence Force". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ^ "GIBS Fellows". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "About Us: Management Structure Directorate". nampak.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
Honorary titles
Preceded by General of the Gunners
1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)–12 May 2015 (2015-05-12)
Vacant
Title next held by
Lt Gen Jabu Mbuli in 2017
Military offices
Preceded by
Maj Gen Ian Deetlefs
Chief of Defence Reserves
October 2003 (2003-10)–2021 (2021)
Vacant
Title next held by
Stephen Marumo
Preceded by Director Part-time Component SA Army
1995 (1995)–2003 (2003)
Succeeded by