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Chris Bennett (admiral)

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Occupation
  
Author

Citizenship
  
South African

Rank
  
Rear admiral

Language
  
English

Genre
  
History

Nationality
  
South African

Name
  
Chris Bennett

Other work
  
Author

Ethnicity
  
Caucasian

Role
  
Author


Born
  
8 December 1937 (age 86) Kwekwe, Zimbabwe (
1937-12-08
)

Books
  
South Africa's Navy : A Navy of the People and for the People

Service/branch
  
South African Navy

Rear Admiral Chris Bennett SD SM SAN (Rtd) (born 8 December 1937, KweKwe) is the author of a number of books.

Contents

He attended school at Kingswood College before joining the South African Navy.

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He commanded the Minesweeper SAS Mosselbaai in 1972. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1986 and appointed as Flag Officer Commanding Naval Command West until January 1989. In 1989 he was appointed Chief of Naval Staff and then as Chief of Naval Support. He retired in 1990

Awards and Decorations

  • Southern Cross Decoration (SD)
  • Southern Cross Medal (SM)
  • Pro Patria Medal

    • Books

  • Three Frigates - The South African Navy Comes of Age (2nd ed.). Durban, South Africa: Just Done Productions Publishing. 2006. ISBN 978-1-920169-02-2. 
  • South Africa's Navy : A Navy of the People and for the People. 2008. ISBN 978-0-620-41446-3.  with Arne Söderlund
  • Bennett, Chris (2011). South African Naval events: day by day, 1488 to 2009. Simon's Town, South Africa: Naval Heritage Trust. ISBN 9780620430142. OCLC 730229500. 

    • References

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