Wessel Kritzinger

South African Army general (born 1944)

Chief of Staff Operations
GOC Witwatersrand Command
OC Eastern Province Command
OC 2 South African Infantry Battalion

Battles/warsBorder WarAwards

Lieutenant General Wessel Kritzinger SD SM MMM (born 1944) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Operations for the Defence Force.

Military career

He was a qualified military parachutist and served as the OC Infantry School, OC Eastern Province Command,^[1] GOC Wits Command before being appointed to the DHQ as the Chief of Staff Operations in 1992 - 1997. He retired at the end of July 1997.^[2]

Awards and decorations

Southern Cross Decoration (SD)
Southern Cross Medal (1975) (SM)
Military Merit Medal (MMM)
Pro Patria Medal
Southern Africa Medal
General Service Medal (South Africa)
Unitas (Unity) Medal
Good Service Medal (Gold (30 Years))
Good Service Medal (Silver (20 Years))
Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))

References

^ "Chapter 5: The Homelands from 1960 to 1990" (PDF). TRC Report. Vol. 2. pp. 442–443.
^ "Berigte 7 March 1997" (in Afrikaans). 7 March 1997.^{[dead link]}

Military offices
Preceded by Koos Bisschoff	Chief of Staff Operations 1992–1997	Succeeded by Deon Ferreira as Chief of Joint Operations (est as independent div)
Preceded by Joffel van der Westhuizen	GOC Witwatersrand Command 1990–1992	Succeeded by Vos Benade
Preceded by Joffel van der Westhuizen	OC Eastern Province Command 1987–1990	Succeeded by Bertie Botha
Preceded by Koos Bisschoff	OC Army College 1981–1983	Succeeded by Anton van Graan
Preceded by Witkop Badenhorst	OC Infantry School 1980–1981	Succeeded by Chris Serfontein