Career
Jack Pithey was born in Potchefstroom in the Transvaal on 30 December 1903. He moved to Rhodesia on 5 September 1923. He was Secretary for Justice and Internal Affairs between 1958 and 1961 during the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and later the Secretary for Justice in Rhodesia between 1962 and 1963.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1963 New Year Honours.
