Nicolaas Nieuwoudt Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Lieutenant General
Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt
Birth Date:	1929 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Louisvale, Northern Cape
Allegiance:	South Africa
Branch:	South African Military Health Service
Serviceyears:	19601988
Rank:	Lieutenant General
Relations:	Ina Pretorius (Wife)

Lieutenant-General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt MBChB (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

He obtained a medical degree from the University of Pretoria

Honours and awards

He was awarded the following medals and decorations:

• 1985
• 1980
• 1964
• 1984
• 1979
• 1980The Order of Military Merit, degree 'Grand Officer' Paraguay

See also

• List of South African military chiefs
• South African Medical Service

References

Militaria - Official Professional Journal of the SADF (Vol 12/2: 1982)

Notes and References

1. Book: Uys, Ian. South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. 1992. Fortress Publishers. 169. 0-9583173-3-X.
2. Web site: Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt. archive.samj.org.za. 3 February 1990. 11 April 2023 . af.
3. Die SAGD - Sy Ontstaan en ontwikkeling . Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies . 1982 . 11 April 2023 . af . C.M.L. KO . Pretorius . 38–45 . 10.5787/12-2-621 . 12 . 2. free .
4. Gould. Chandré. Folb. Peter. Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20120913222559/http://www.unidir.org/pdf/ouvrages/pdf-1-92-9045-144-0-en.pdf. 2012-09-13.