The Author comes from a professional Engineering background and worked in senior management
positions for companies such as Coca-Cola and General Electric. Following a successful career in
these international companies, the Author subsequently established his own management
consultancy, where he was engaged in various projects and assignments, not only in South Africa,
but also in Zambia and Nigeria.
The Author then retired, but came out of retirement to join another international company and
presently conducts specialised training in Operations Management and Finance at MBA level.
The Author always had a lifelong passion for history and having majored in that discipline, the
Author developed a passion for the history of World War Two, in particular. Becoming a member of
The South African Military History Society of Kwa Zulu Natal based in Durban. The Author rose to
the position of Chairman; a position the Author still holds.
The Author presents papers on military history to professional bodies and academia on a regular
basis. This compendium is a concatenation of the papers presented and as such is a valuable
collection of many of the events, actions, battles and biographies of personalities of World War
Two, making it an easy matter for both the serious and casual student of history to obtain an
understanding of that particular aspect of history, without having to read a tome.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
