Ian Gleeson
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Ian Gleeson
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Lieutenant General Ian Rimbault Gleeson was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff. He graduated from the Military Academy after attending Christian Brothers College in Pretoria and joined the Army in 1954. He became Officer Commanding 2 South African Infantry Battalion in 1971 and in 1972 OC Walvis Bay military base, and in July 1976 became GOC 101 Task Force. He then became Chief of Army Staff Operations on 15 January 1978 before taking on the recreated post of C
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South African Army officer (1934–2021)
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2023-04-17T18:02:59Z
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