Career
A medical doctor, he served as Surgeon General from 1969 to 1977. 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 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.
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 on 1 December 1973 he was appointed the first Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Pretoria.
