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Nicolaas Nieuwoudt

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Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt

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

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He obtained a medical degree from the University of Pretoria

Honours and awards

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He was awarded the following medals and decorations:

See also

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References

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  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)

Government offices
Preceded by
Petrus J.V.E. Pretorius
Commissioner General Lebowa
1988 – 1989
Succeeded by
J. Martin Koekemoer
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the South African Medical Service
1977 – 1988
Succeeded by