Ian Gleeson

Ian Rimbault Gleeson
SSA SD SM
Born (1934-08-15) 15 August 1934
Allegiance  South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
Years of service –1990
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held
  • Chief of the Defence Force Staff
  • Chief of Staff Operations
  • Chief of Army Staff Operations
  • GOC 101 Task Force
  • 2 South African Infantry Battalion
Battles/wars Battle of Cassinga
Awards


Other work Author of the "Unknown Force"

Lieutenant General Ian Rimbault Gleeson SSA SD SM (born 1934)[1] is a retired South African Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff.

He graduated from the Military Academy after attending Christian Brothers College in Pretoria and joined the Army in 1954.[2][3] He became Officer Commanding 2 South African Infantry Battalion in 1971 and in 1972 OC Walvis Bay military base,[1] and in July 1976 became GOC 101 Task Force. He then became Chief of Army Staff Operations on 15 January 1978[1] before taking on the recreated post of Chief of Defence Force Staff.[3]

He retired in February 1990.[4]

Awards and Decorations

General Gleeson has been awarded the following:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nöthling, C.J.; Meyers, E.M. (1982). "Leaders through the years (1912-1982)". Scientaria Militaria. 12 (2): 93.
  2. ↑ Visser, Deon (2009). "CIVILIAN-MILITARY INTERACTION ON THE MATIE CAMPUS: THE ‘BATTLE OF WILGENHOF’, 1957". Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies. 37 (2): 82.
  3. 1 2 "The SADF: Supplement to the Financial Mail" (PDF). Financial Mail: 14. July 1987.
  4. ↑ "Meiring kry bevel van leër" [Meiring gets command of Army]. Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 1 March 1990. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Post reestablished in 1986		 Chief of Defence Force Staff
1986 – 1990 		Succeeded by
Andreas Liebenberg
Preceded by
Jack Dutton		 Chief of Staff Operations
1981 – 1985 		Succeeded by
Jan van Loggerenberg
Preceded by
Cmdt Alex Potgieter		 OC 2 SAI Bn Gp
1971 – 1972 		Succeeded by
Cmdt "Boy" du Toit


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