Commands held Chief of the SAMHS Name Davidson Masuku | Role Physician Allegiance South Africa | |
Born 8 March 1940 ( 1940-03-08 ) Awards Star of South Africa, Silver (SSAS)
Military Merit Medal (MMM)
Venerable Order of Saint John - Knight of Justice or Grace (Gr II) (KStJ) Died April 17, 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa Service/branch South African Military Health Service | ||
Lieutenant-General Davidson Masuku SSAS MMM KStJ (8 March 1940 - 17 April 2000) was a South African military commander and physician. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its Chief of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, when MK was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force.
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He commanded the South African Military Health Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1997 to 2000.
Medical career
He was trained as a doctor in Russia and qualified in 1981 as a surgeon.
Awards and Decorations
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