Lawrence Smith (South Africa)

Lawrence Reginald Smith

Smith (2nd from left) as a Brigadier General
Allegiance  South Africa
Service/branch  South African Army
Years of service 1976 
Rank Major General
Commands held
  • Deputy Chief South African Army
  • GOC 43 SA Brigade
  • Chief of Staff 43 SA Bde

Major General Lawrence Reginald Smith is a General Officer in the South African Army.

Military career

General Smith was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief of the South African Army on 1 January 2015, taking over from Maj Gen Les Rudman.[1]

Smith completed National Service in 1976. He served on the South West African/Namibian border and commanded Sector 5 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 and 2004.[1]

He has also been the designated SADC Standby Force Military Component Commander and was in charge of it during Exercise Golfinho in 2009. He was also Head of the African Union Standby Force during its final Combat Readiness Exercise (Amani Africa) in November 2010. More recently he was involved in the preparation of the ACIRC (African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises) Force within the SANDF as well as at African Union level as the Deputy Exercise Director of Exercise Utulivu Africa 2014.[1]

Prior to being named SA Army second in command, Smith was General Officer Commanding 43 South African Brigade headquarters.[1]

Honours and awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Helfrich, Kim (8 January 2015). "Senior SANDF promotions". defenceweb.co.za. DefenceWeb. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Les Rudman
Deputy Chief SA Army
1 January 2015  Present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Duma Mdutyana
GOC 43 SA Brigade
c.2005  31 December 2014
Succeeded by
Xolani Mankayi


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