Pieter Grobbelaar
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Pieter Hendrik Grobbelaar SSA DSO |
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| Born |
16 September 1908 Porterville |
| Died | 22 June 1988 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance |
 South Africa
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| Service/branch | South African Army |
| Years of service | 1933 – 1965 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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General Pieter Grobbelaar SSA DSO (16 September 1908 – 22 June 1988) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army as a part-time Citizen Force soldier in 1929 and became a full-time Permanent Force member in 1933.
During World War II he commanded 7th Reconnaissance Battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel, and was second in command of 12th Motorised Brigade of 6th Armoured Division in Italy.
After World War II he served as Officer Commanding Orange Free State Command, OC Northern Transvaal Command and the South African Military College.
He served as Army Chief of Staff from 1953 to 1958, as Inspector-General from 1958 to 1959, as Deputy Commandant-General from 1959 to 1960, and as Commandant-General, i.e. chief of the South African Defence Force, from 1961 to 1965.
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