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Davidson Themba Masuku

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Masuku, c. 1997
Born(1940-03-08)8 March 1940
Died4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 60)
Johannesburg, South Africa
AllegianceSouth Africa
Service/branchSouth African Military Health Service
CommandsChief of the SAMHS
Awards

Lieutenant-General Davidson Masuku SSAS MMM KStJ (8 March 1940[1] - 17 April 2000)[2] was a South African military commander and physician. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its Chief of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, when MK was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force.

He commanded the South African Military Health Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1997 to 2000.[3]

Medical career

He was trained as a doctor in Russia and qualified in 1981 as a surgeon.[4]

Awards and Decorations

See also

References

  1. ^ "Davidson Themba 1940-2000". eggsa.org.
  2. ^ http://lubbockonline.com/stories/041700/wor_041700009.shtml
  3. ^ Leon Engelbrecht. "Fact file: Surgeons General". defenceweb.co.za.
  4. ^ "Beeld Johannesburg Finaal Donderdag 06 April 2000 Bl. 6: Geneesheer-generaal van weermag gaan dood aan kanker". 1.88. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the South African Military Health Service
1997 – 2000
Succeeded by