Roy Andersen (general)

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Major General

Roy Cecil Andersen

CSSA SD & Bar SM MMM JCD with 30 Yr Clasp
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Maj Gen Roy C Andersen Chief Defence Reserves SANDF
Born (1948-05-12) 12 May 1948 (age 76)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
AllegianceFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Service / branchFlag of the South African Army.svg  South African Army
Years of service1966–2021
RankMajor General
Unit Transvaal Horse Artillery
Commands
  • General of the Gunners
  • Chief Defence Reserves
  • Director Part Time Component
  • SSO Operations, 7 Div
  • SSO Artillery, 7 Div
  • OC Transvaal Horse Artillery
Battles / wars South African Border War
Awards Ribbon - Star of South Africa, Commander.gif Ribbon - Southern Cross Decoration & Bar.png Ribbon - Southern Cross Medal (1986).gif Ribbon - Military Merit Medal (South Africa).png Ribbon - Pro Patria Medal & Cunene Button.png Ribbon - General Service Medal (South Africa).gif Ribbon - Unitas Medal.gif NOT-AVAILABLE-RIBBON.svg Ribbon - Medalje vir Troue Diens.gif Ribbon - Medalje vir Troue Diens.gif Ribbon - John Chard Decoration & Clasp.png Ribbon - John Chard Medal.gif
Other workBusinessman

Major General Roy Cecil Andersen CSSA SD & Bar SM MMM JCD with 30 Yr Clasp (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.

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Military career

He was commissioned into the Artillery in 1966 at 14 Field Regiment in Bethlehem, Orange Free State where he served under the then Officer Commanding- Cmdt C.L. Viljoen. He commanded the Transvaal Horse Artillery from 1976 to 1979 [1] and participated in Operation Savannah both as regimental Commander and Air Observation Post Officer. He was thereafter appointed as Senior Staff Officer Artillery and subsequently Senior Staff Officer Operations of 7 South African Infantry Division. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 2003, as Chief Defence Reserves for the South African National Defence Force. [2]

Civilian career

He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1972 and as a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 in Texas. [3]

He served as Executive President of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from 1992 until 1997. As of 2023 he is a Director of Nampak. [4]

Honours and awards

Medals

He has been awarded [2] the

Proficiency badges

Proficiency badges
Master Gunner: 110
SANDF Arty Master Gunner badge embossed.png
Major General
Roy C. Andersen [b]
Year: 2019
←109: Master Warrant Officer
M.P. Mokoena		Lt Colonel
M.S. Makhele :111→
Badge for Reserve Voluntary Service
(Service Award)
SANDF Badge for Reserve Voluntary Service BRVS embossed.png
Five Years Voluntary Service
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed

Notes

  1. ↑ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
  2. ↑ Post occupied when award was made: CD SANDF Reserves, CSD

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References

  1. ↑ Rumney, Reg (1999). Movers & shakers: an A-Z of South African business people. Internet Archive. Sandton: Penguin Books. ISBN   978-0-14-029025-7.
  2. 1 2 "Profile – Major General Roy Andersen, CSSA, SD, SM, MMM, JCD Chief of Defence Reserves, SA National Defence Force" . Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "GIBS Fellows". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "About Us: Management Structure Directorate". nampak.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
Honorary titles
Preceded by General of the Gunners
1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)–12 May 2015 (2015-05-12)		Vacant
Title next held by
Lt Gen Jabu Mbuli in 2017
Military offices
Preceded by
Maj Gen Ian Deetlefs
Chief of Defence Reserves
October 2003 (2003-10)–2021 (2021)		Vacant
Title next held by
Stephen Marumo
Preceded by Director Part-time Component SA Army
1995 (1995)–2003 (2003)		Succeeded by
Maj Gen Keith Mokoape


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