Lieutenant General Phil du Preez is a former

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officer of the

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Early life

Phil was born in a farm in Natal province and was schooled in the local schools until high school. Upon finishing matric, he enrolled at the SA Army Gymnasium at

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, Pretoria.

Military career

He served at the Anti-Aircraft Training Centre at Youngsfield from the early sixties after he graduated with bachelor's degree in science from the Military Academy and Stellenbosch University. He served as Battery Commander. Seconded to ARMSCOR for the acquisition of the Crotale defence system in France. He participated in Ops SAVANNAH as a Liaison Officer for UNITA in 1975. Chief of Army Staff Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics. He succeeded V Adm A.G. Malherbe as Chief of Staff Logistics from 1995 to 1998. Concurrently served as General of the Gunners from 1993 until 1998. He retired from the SANDF in 1998.

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