Rear Admiral Eric Green ()
was a South African Navy officer who served as
Flag Officer Fleet from 1999 to 2005, when he retired.
Early life
He attended Hendrik Louw Primary School and matriculated from
Hottentots Holland High School
Hottentots-Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English-speaking school in the Western Cape in South Africa, situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand. The parallel-medium, co-educational school, situated to the northeast of the ...
,
Somerset West
Somerset West ( af, Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality as a suburb of the Helderberg region (formerly called Hottent ...
in 1962 where he was a boxer.
Military career
He started at the Naval Gymnasium at Saldanha Bay in 1963, then attended the
Military Academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...
, and later graduated from
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...
in 1966. He served as a Watch keeping Officer on several vessels, including the , , , , and . He completed the Communications - Electronics Warfare course at
HMS Mercury and became the OC of . In 1982, he finished the
SAAF Senior Command Staff Course. He also commanded the supply ship from 1987 to 1990. According to a report in ''
Die Burger
''Die Burger'' (English: The Citizen) is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper, published by Naspers. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Along with ''Beeld'' and ''Volksblad'', it is ...
'' dated August 12, 1988, the vessel had completed 21 years of service.
He commanded the from 19901992 and completed Joint Staff Course no. 24 in 1990. He was the OC of the Defence College from 19931996, and he was promoted to Commodore. He served as the Chief of Naval Staff Plans from 19981999. He was the Inaugural Flag Officer Fleet from March 1, 1999, until he retired with a pension on January 31, 2005.
His decorations include the
Southern Cross Decoration and the
Medal for Distinguished Conduct and Loyal Service
The Medal for Distinguished Conduct and Loyal Service is a South African military medal which was instituted by the Republic in 1987. It was awarded to members of the South African Defence Force for forty years of loyal service and distinguished ...
for 40 years service.
He died in 2014.
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References
South African admirals
1945 births
2014 deaths
Place of death missing
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