Ivan Lemmer Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Lieutenant General
Ivan Lemmer
Birth Date:	11 January 1931
Allegiance:	South Africa
Serviceyears:	19501988
Rank:	Lieutenant General
Commands:	Chief of Staff Logistics Director Engineers OC 1 Composite Construction Regiment Chief Instructor Engineering Wing, School of Artillery and Armour

Lieutenant General Ivan Lemmer (born 11 January 1931)^[1] was a former South African Army officer, who served as Chief of Staff Logistics.

Army career

Lemmer joined the Permanent Force in 1950 and subsequently served as a transport and training officer at and the (Kroonstad), respectively.

In 1964 he was appointed as Officer Commanding and later at Army Headquarters. He was the during 1977 and in 1978 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed on July 1 as Deputy-Chief of Staff Logistics. He retired from the SADF with pension in 1989.

Notes and References

1. C.J.. Nöthling. E.M.. Meyers. Leiers deur die Jare (19121982). af. Leaders through the years (19121982). Scientaria Militaria. 1982. 12. 2. 94.