Wessel Kritzinger

South African Army general (born 1944)

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

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