Charles Alan Fraser
Charles Alan Fraser (born April 6, 1915 in Mooi River , † December 18, 1994 in Howick (South Africa) ) was a South African military and diplomat.
Life
Charles Alan Fraser was the son of Gertrude Isabella Tatham (born August 23, 1887 in Dundee (South Africa) , † June 12, 1922 in Newcastle (South Africa) ) and William George Fraser (born August 18, 1875 in Benares , † March 30 1944 in Newcastle ). In September 1939 he married in Mooi River Nancy Frances Margaret Ford. Their daughter was Judith Gertrude Marie Fraser (born December 6, 1946 in Pretoria , † May 22, 2005 in Somerset West )
He attended Newcastle Junior School , Jeppe High School , South African Military College , Middle East Staff College in Haifa and the Joint Services Staff College in Latimer House .
Charles Alan Fraser joined the Cape Field Artillery in 1934 as a militiaman , which was deployed in Italy from September 1943 under the command of the 6th Field Regiment, South African Artillery . On October 21, 1944 he took over from Lt-Col LD Kay in command and was in turn replaced by Lt-Col IB Whyte.
In 1946 he was employed as a professional soldier and with the Malayan Emergency . During the Algerian War he was a military attaché in Paris , spent time in Algiers and became an expert on asymmetric warfare .
From July 1, 1966 to 1967 he was in command of the South African land forces.
From 1967 to 1975 he was in command of the South African Land Forces and the South African Air Force . As General Officer Commanding Joint Combat Forces (GOCJCF) he had the third highest rank in the South African Defense Force . In this function he maintained close contact with Paul Gygli and Colonel Helmut von Frisching from the Intelligence Service and Defense Subgroup (UNA).
At Gygli's suggestion, a South African military mission traveled to Switzerland to learn about the Swiss army's recruitment and training system in view of the reform of the armed forces in South Africa. The South African military intelligence service was particularly interested in the way in which the Swiss Army fought "subversives" as part of psychological warfare .
As a result, in 1969 the Balthazar Johannes Vorster government founded the South African Bureau of State Security under the direction of Hendrik van den Bergh , who also maintained personal contacts with the Swiss authorities. In 1975 the GOCJCF as well as that of the Commander Maritime Defense were abolished and the corresponding responsibilities were delegated.
From 1973 to March 4, 1979 he was Consul General in Tehran . Relations between the two states became very close under the Amir Abbas Hoveyda government . The government of Mehdi Bāzargān broke relations with the apartheid regime and expelled Charles Alan Fraser.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Petrus Jacobs | Commander of the South African Land Forces July 1, 1966 to November 30, 1967 |
Willem Louw |
| Nick Bierman | General Officer Commanding Joint Combat Forces 1967 to 1975 |
abolished |
| Alan John Oxley |
South African Consul General in Tehran from 1973 to March 4, 1979 |
Moosa Mohamed Moolla |
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Dale, The Namibian War in the Google Book Search of Independence, 1966-1989: Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns, p. 101
- ↑ Peter Hug: With the apartheid government against communism. Switzerland's military, arms industry and nuclear relations with South Africa and the UN's apartheid debate, 1948–1994. Swiss National Science Foundation , online at www.snf.ch (PDF document p. 6)
- ^ Who's who of Southern Africa, Volume 54, p. 367
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charles Alan Fraser |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | pop |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African military and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mooi River |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1994 |
| Place of death | Howick (South Africa) |