Colin Cockcroft

Lieutenant General Dr. Colin Royden Cockcroft SSA SSA SM SD SM MMM, MBChB (4 October 1917 – 5 December 1987)[1] was a South African military commander.

Lieutenant General Dr.

Colin Royden Cockcroft

SSA SSA SD SM MMM, MBChB
Born(1917-10-04)4 October 1917
Dordrecht, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now Eastern Cape)
Died5 December 1987(1987-12-05) (aged 70)
AllegianceSouth African Army
RankLieutenant General Dr.
Awards
Spouse(s)Ellen Cornelia Johanna Peacock

A medical doctor, he served as Surgeon General of the South African Medical Service from 1969 to 1977.

Early career

He obtained a MBChB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1946 and later obtained a master's degree in pediatrics from the University of Pretoria[1]

Military career

He joined the South African Army's medical corps in 1947 but later resigned in 1948.

He served in 5 & 7 Field Ambulance in the Citizen Force until he joined the Permanent Force in 1960.[2][3]

He commanded 1 Military Hospital (Pretoria), served as Deputy Surgeon General and later commanded the centralised South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1969 to 1977, before he retired[3]

Awards and decorations

He also served on the South African Medical and Dental Council and was a member of the South African Academy of Art and Science. on 1 December 1973 he was appointed the first Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Pretoria[4]

References
  1. In Memoriam C.R. Cockroft
  2. Nöthling, C. J.; Meyers, E. M. (28 February 2012). "LEIERS DEUR DIE JARE (1912-1982)". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 12 (2). doi:10.5787/12-2-631. ISSN 2224-0020.
  3. C.J. Nöthling; E.M. Meyers (1982). "LEIERS DEUR DIE JARE". Scientaria Militaria. 12 (2).
  4. Passing events


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