Digby Thomson

Rear Admiral Junior Grade

Digby Todd St. John Thomson
Rear Admiral Junior Grade; Digby Todd St. John Thomson
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Navy
Years of service	1979-2017
Rank	Rear Admiral (JG)
Commands held	Director Maritime Warfare; SAS Assegaai ; ;
Battles/wars	Border War
Spouse(s)	Allison Louise

Last updated July 08, 2023

Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Digby Thomson is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Director Maritime Warfare.^[1]

He commanded SAS Assegaai from 1999 to 2001. He was promoted to rank of naval captain in 2002 and served as Fleet Operations Manager in 2002–2003. Naval and Air Attaché to the United States of America from 2003 to 2006.

Staff officer in the Navy Office from 2006 to 2015 dealing with submarine warfare doctrine. He was promoted to rank of rear admiral junior grade in 2015. Director Maritime Warfare from 2015 until he took a severance package on 31 March 2017.

Awards and decorations

Military Merit Medal (MMM)
Pro Patria Medal
Southern Africa Medal
General Service Medal (South Africa)
Unitas (Unity) Medal
Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) (30 Year Clasp)
Good Service Medal (Silver (20 Years))
Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))
Legion of Merit (Officer) (LOM)

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References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Military offices
Preceded by Karl Wiesner	Director Maritime Warfare 2015–2017	Succeeded by Douglas Faure
Preceded by Derek Christian	Naval Attaché to Washington, DC 2003–2006	Succeeded by unknown

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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