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Witkop Badenhorst

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Rudolf Badenhorst

Birth nameRudolph Badenhorst
Nickname(s)Witkop
Born1940
Died10 November 2012
George, Western Cape
Buried
George, Western Cape
Allegiance South Africa
Service / branchSouth African Army
RankLieutenant General
CommandsChief of Staff Intelligence
WarsBorder War
AwardsStar of South Africa SSAS Southern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal ' Southern Africa Medal ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal '
Spouse(s)
Ina Badenhorst
(died 2012)

Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940[1] – 2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force. He died in 2012.[2]

Military career

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He served as Deputy Chief of the Army from 1 November 1987[1] In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the Chief of Staff Intelligence, a post he held until 1991.[3]: Chp4  Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.[4]

Death

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Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape.[2] He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.[2]

Awards and decorations

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References

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  1. ^ a b Uys, Ian (1992). South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X.
  2. ^ a b c Gunning, Eugene (13 November 2012). "Witkop Badenhorst sterf" [Witkop Badenhorst dies]. Die Burger (in Afrikaans). Naspers. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Kevin A. (2011). The South African Intelligence Services: From Apartheid to Democracy, 1948-2005. Studies in Intelligence Series. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-84061-0.
  4. ^ Strydom, Johan (19 April 1998). "Generaal se boek sal kartetse los". Rapport (in Afrikaans). Naspers. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Staff Intelligence
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of Staff Operations
1988–1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Dirk Marais
Deputy Chief of the Army
1987–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of Army Staff Logistics
1982–1987
Succeeded by
Deon Mortimer
Preceded by
Deon Mortimer
OC Infantry School
1976–1979
Succeeded by