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,
Somerset West
Somerset West () is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs zone (formerly called ...
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, and later graduated from
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) 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 university in Sub-Sahara ...
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 ...
'' 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
The Southern Cross Decoration, post-nominal letters SD, is a South African military decoration for merit which was instituted by the Republic on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to officers of the South African Defence Force for outstanding service ...
and the
Medal for Distinguished Conduct and Loyal Service 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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