Werndly van der Riet explained
Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
Werndly Renaut van der Riet |
Nickname: | Booysie |
Birth Date: | 1914 4, df=yes |
Death Place: | Cape Town |
Serviceyears: | 19351974 |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Servicenumber: | 60663V / 01222082PE |
Commands: | |
Battles: | World War II |
Spouse: | [1] |
Relations: | Col JMR "Manie" van der Riet - OC 3 South African Infantry Battalion (son) |
Laterwork: | Hon. Col. Wits Rifles |
Lieutenant General Werndly Renaut Booysie van der Riet (27 April 191428 February 1987) was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff.[2]
Military career
He was awarded the Military Cross during World War II.[3]
He commanded Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment[4] from 1945 to 1946 and 1 Special Service Battalion from Oct 1953 to Dec 1960. He completed the British Army Staff Course at Camberley, Officer Commanding SA Army College. Acting Chief of Staff SADF before Toby Moll.
Awards and decorations
General van der Riet was awarded the following:
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: V.d. Riet met eer begrawe . Die Burger . 4 March 1987 . December 4, 2014 . 7 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207031126/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1987/03/04/11/5.html . dead .
- Nöthling. C.J.. Meyers. E.M.. Leiers Deur die Jare (1912-1982). Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 1982. 12. 2. 10.5787/12-2-631. 2224-0020. Afrikaans. Online. 2 January 2015. 89–98. free. 8 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191108162202/https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/631. live.
- Web site: SUPPLEMENT-TO THE LONDON GAZETTE. 5 December 2014. 7 December 1944. 26 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226105009/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36828/supplement/5610/data.pdf. live.
- PIET BOTHA - A SOUTH AFRICAN PATRIOT . Wulfsohn . Lionel . South African Military History Journal . 8 . 2 . 4 December 2014 . 28 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150328072321/http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol082lw.html . live .