Christiaan du Toit

Christiaan Ludolph de Wet du Toit

Nickname(s)	"Matie"
Born	(1901-09-23)23 September 1901
Died	14 August 1982(1982-08-14) (aged 80)
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Years of service	1924 – 1956
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of the General Staff of the Union Defence Force Director-General of Land Forces Western Transvaal Command 1st South African Armoured Brigade 2nd South African Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches

Lieutenant General Christiaan Ludolph de Wet du Toit, DSO (23 September 1901^[1] – 14 August 1982) was a South African military commander.

Military career

During the Second World War, he commanded Divisional artillery in East Africa and North Africa, before commanding the 2nd South African Infantry Brigade in 1942 and the 1st South African Armoured Brigade from 1943 to 1945.^[2] For his service, Du Toit was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches.

Du Toit served as Director-General of Land Forces,^[3] the head of the South African Army, from 1948 to 1950, and as Chief of the General Staff of the Union Defence Force, from 1950 to 1956.

Military offices
Preceded by Leonard Beyers	Chief of the General Staff of the Union Defence Force 1950 – 1956	Succeeded by Hendrik Klopper
New title	Director-General of Land Forces 1948 – 1950	Succeeded by Hendrik Klopper
Preceded by Unknown as Officer Commanding Voortrekkerhoogte and Transvaal Command	Officer Commanding Western Transvaal Command 1946 – 1948	Succeeded by Jock Kriegler

v t e Chiefs of the South African military
List of South African military chiefs
Chief of the UDF 1912 – 1957	Andries Brink Pierre van Ryneveld Leonard Beyers Christiaan du Toit Hendrik Klopper Stephen Melville
Commandant General of the SADF 1958 – 1973	Stephen Melville Pieter Grobbelaar Rudolph Hiemstra Hugo Biermann
Chief of the SADF 1973 – 1994	Hugo Biermann Magnus Malan Constand Viljoen Johannes Geldenhuys Andreas Liebenberg Georg Lodewyk Meiring
Chief of the SANDF 1994 – present	Georg Lodewyk Meiring Siphiwe Nyanda Godfrey Ngwenya Solly Shoke Rudzani Maphwanya

v t e Chiefs of the South African Army
List of South African military chiefs
Director-General of Land Forces	Christiaan du Toit Hendrik Klopper
Army Chief of Staff	Hendrik Klopper Pieter Grobbelaar Nick Bierman W. R. Van der Riet (acting) Sybrand Engelbrecht Petrus Jacobs Charles 'Pop' Fraser
Chief of the Army	Charles 'Pop' Fraser Willem Louw Magnus Malan Constand Viljoen Johannes Geldenhuys Andreas Liebenberg Georg Meiring Hattingh Pretorius Reginald Otto Gilbert Ramano Solly Shoke Vusumuzi Masondo Lindile Yam Thabiso Mokhosi Lawrence Mbatha

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