Colin Cockcroft
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Lieutenant General Dr. Colin Royden Cockcroft Script error: No such module "If empty"., MBChB (4 October 1917Template:Snd5 December 1987)[1] was a South African military commander.
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
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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
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- ↑ a b In Memoriam C.R. Cockroft
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