Nicolaas Nieuwoudt

Lieutenant General

Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt

SSA SD SM
Born(1929-10-23)23 October 1929[1]
Louisvale, Northern Cape
Died22 November 1989(1989-11-22) (aged 60)[2]
AllegianceSouth Africa
BranchSouth African Military Health Service
Years of service1960–1988
RankLieutenant General
AwardsStar of South Africa SSA Southern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Pro Patria Medal Order of the Cloud and Banner ORB
RelationsIna Pretorius (Wife)[2]

Lieutenant-General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt MBChB SSA SD SM (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:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Uys, Ian (1992). South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt" (PDF). archive.samj.org.za (in Afrikaans). 3 February 1990. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ Pretorius, C.M.L. KO (1982). "Die SAGD - Sy Ontstaan en ontwikkeling". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies (in Afrikaans). 12 (2): 38–45. doi:10.5787/12-2-621. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ Gould, Chandré; Folb, Peter. "Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme" (PDF). United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012.

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


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