Wessel Kritzinger

Wessel Gerhard Kritzinger
Wessel Gerhard Kritzinger; SD, SM, MMM
Born	1944; Uitenhage
Allegiance	South Africa; South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Years of service	1964- 1997
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	2 South African Infantry Battalion
Commands held	Chief of Staff Operations; GOC Witwatersrand Command; OC Eastern Province Command; OC 2 South African Infantry Battalion;
Battles/wars	Border War
Awards	Southern Cross Decoration (SD); Southern Cross Medal (SM); Military Merit Medal (MMM);

Lieutenant General Wessel Kritzinger 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

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References

Military offices
Preceded by Koos Bisschoff	Chief of Staff Operations 1992 – 1997	Succeeded by Deon Ferreira as Chief of Joint Operations (est as independent div)
Preceded by Joffel van der Westhuizen	GOC Witwatersrand Command 1990 – 1992	Succeeded by Vos Benade
Preceded by Joffel van der Westhuizen	OC Eastern Province Command 1987 – 1990	Succeeded by Bertie Botha
Preceded by Witkop Badenhorst	OC Infantry School 1980 – 1981	Succeeded by Chris Serfontein

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[1] ttp://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/finalreport/volume2/split/BMvolume2_s1ch5_pg39.pdf

[2] ttp://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1997/03/07/2/11.html