Brigadier John Holthouse (19 April
18911964) was a
South African military commander.
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1918 and transferred to the South African Air Force in January 1921.
He became the at
Robert's Heights and OC of the on 1 May 1933. From 1936 he served with the .
He served as from 13 September 1939 to 3 November 1939 and then from 4 November 1939 to 25 November 1940.
In World War II he was in the United States.
He left the
Union Defence Force on 31 October 1945.
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List of South African military chiefs
This article lists the South African military chiefs. From 1958 until the 1994 South African general election, first democratic general election in 1994, the present-day South African National Defence Force was known as the South African Defenc ...
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South African Air Force
The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. The South African Air Force was established on 1 February 1920. The Air Force saw service in World War II a ...
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1891 births
1964 deaths
Chiefs of the South African Air Force
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Military attachés
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