Draft:Barend Visser
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Barend Willem Visser | |
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Born | 24 November 1944 Warmbaths, Transvaal |
Allegiance | South Africa |
Service/ | South African Navy |
Years of service | 1962–2002 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
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Rear Admiral Barend Visser SD & Bar SM MMM SAN (Rtd) is a retired South African Navy Officer, who served as Chief of Logistics for the South African National Defence Force.
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He matriculated from Warmbaths High School in 1961 and joined the Navy on 8 January 1962 and attended the South African Military Academy from 1963, graduating in 1965 from Stellenbosch University.
He was a logistician who later served as Director Provisioning at the Logistics Division from 1994 to 1998. He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral on 1 April 1998. Chief Director Logistics Support [1] at Logistics Division and later migrated to Joint Support Division. Chief of Logistics from 1 April 1999. He retired from the SANDF with pension on 30 November 2002.
Awards and decorations[edit]
- Southern Cross Decoration (SD & Bar)
- Southern Cross Medal (1975) (SM)
- Military Merit Medal (MMM)
- General Service Medal (South Africa)
- Unitas (Unity) Medal
- Medal for Distinguished Conduct and Loyal Service (40 Years)
- Good Service Medal (Gold (30 Years))
- Good Service Medal (Silver (20 Years))
- Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))
References[edit]
- ^ Gibson, Erika (15 June 1998). "Four generals promoted". Beeld. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.