Jacobus Verster’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African general
Was Military personnel
From South Africa
Type Military
Gender male
Birth

22 May 1919, Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Death

1 January 1981
(aged 61 years)

Lieutenant-General Jacobus Verster SSA SM (1919 – 1981) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Air Force in 1936, and served in World War II. He was Chief of the Air Force from 1967 to 1975.

Military Career

He was educated at Pretoria University and joined the Air Force in 1936 as a student pilot.

He served in RAF Bomber Command in World War II. He was shot down in North Africa in 1942 and was taken prisoner.

He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General and the State President (1953 – 1962)

Awards and Decorations

  • Star of South Africa (SSA)
  • Southern Cross Medal (SM)
  • 1939–45 Star
  • Africa Star
  • War Medal 1939–1945
  • Africa Service Medal (WWII)

Military offices
Preceded by
Kalfie Martin 		Chief of the South African Air Force
1967 – 1975		 Succeeded by
Robert ‘Bob’ Rogers
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