Colin Cockcroft
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Lieutenant-General Colin Cockcroft SSA SM (1918-1987) was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he joined the South African Army
's medical corps in 1947, and he commanded the centralised South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1969 to 1977.
South African Army
The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies...
's medical corps in 1947, and he commanded the centralised South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1969 to 1977.