Stephen Melville’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African Air Force general
Is Military leader 
From South Africa 
Type Military 
Gender male
Death 17 June 1977, Pretoria

General Stephen A. Melville SSA OBE (1904–1977) was a South African military commander. During World War II he commanded air force formations in East Africa, North Africa, Madagascar, and Italy.
He matriculated from Grey College, Bloemfontein before going to work in a bank. He joined the Merchant Navy as a stoker. He joined the SA Mounted Rifles in 1924 as a trooper before transferring to the Artillery. In 1929 he was trained as a pilot and transferred to the South African Air Force.
He served as Air Chief of Staff from 1954 to 1956, as Inspector-General from 1956 to 1958, and as Commandant-General, i.e. head of the Union Defence Forces, from 1958 to 1960.
He later served on the Armaments Board until 1974. He was also the Government’s representative on the Rand Water Board.

Awards and Decorations

Then Colonel Melville was Mentioned in Dispatches in July 1943

  • Star of South Africa (SSA)
  • Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • Union Medal
  • 1939–45 Star
  • Africa Star
  • Italy Star
  • Mentioned in Dispatches
  • Africa Service Medal (WWII)
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