Davidson Masuku Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant General
Davidson Themba Masuku
Birth Date:1940 3, df=yes
Death Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Allegiance:South Africa
Branch:South African Military Health Service
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:Chief of the SAMHS
Relations:Annie Sibukalomba Masuku
Spouse:Annie

Lieutenant General Davidson Masuku (8 March 1940[1] - 17 April 2000)[2] was a South African military commander and physician. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and served as its Chief of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, when MK was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force.

He commanded the South African Military Health Service, serving as Surgeon-General, from 1997 to 2000.[3]

Medical career

He was trained as a doctor in Russia and qualified in 1981 as a surgeon.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davidson Themba 1940-2000. eggsa.org.
  2. Web site: Historic South African dies of cancer. 17 April 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210121805/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/041700/wor_041700009.shtml . 10 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Fact file: Surgeons General. Leon Engelbrecht. defenceweb.co.za. 26 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Beeld Johannesburg Finaal Donderdag 06 April 2000 Bl. 6: Geneesheer-generaal van weermag gaan dood aan kanker . 1.88 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023009/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2000/04/06/6/4.html . 2016-03-04 .