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| honorific_prefix = | name = Jacobus Nicolaas "Nick" Bierman | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country = ZAR|SSA52|SM52|CBE}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Nick Bierman.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1910|02|13}}[1] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|06|08|1910|02|13}} [2] | birth_place = Potchefstroom, South Africa | death_place = Potchefstroom, South Africa | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = South Africa | branch = South African Army | serviceyears = 1934–1967 | rank = Lieutenant general | servicenumber = 105970V | unit = | commands = {{plainlist|
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}} | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Lieutenant-General Jacobus Nicolaas "Nick" Bierman {{Post-nominals|country = ZAR|SSA52|SM52|CBE}} (1910–1977) was a South African military commander. He played one Rugby Test Match for the Springbok team in 1931[2][4]{{Rp|89}} Military careerHe joined the South African Army in 1934.[3]{{Rp|89}} During World War II he served in North Africa, and commanded the artillery of the South African 6th Armoured Division in Italy. He served as Army Chief of Staff from 1958 to 1959,[3]{{Rp|89}} as Inspector-General from 1959 to 1960,[3]{{Rp|89}} as Director of Planning and Operations from 1960 to 1965,[3]{{Rp|89}} and as General Officer Commanding Joint Combat Forces (GOCJCF), co-ordinating Army and Air Force operations and training, from 1965 to 1967. As GOCJCF, he was the third-highest-ranking officer in the South African Defence Force's Supreme Command. Awards and decorationsIn 1945 then Brigadier Bierman was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows: The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy:To be Additional Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: Brigadier (temporary) Jacobus Nicolas Bierman (105970V), South African Forces.[4] He was also awarded the Bronze Star[5]
See also{{Portal|Biography}}
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Uys|first=Ian|title=South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992|year=1992|publisher=Fortress Publishers|page=19|isbn=0-9583173-3-X}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before = Pieter Grobbelaar }}{{s-ttl | title = Chief of the South African Army| | years = 1958{{snd}}1959}}{{s-aft | after = Sybrand Engelbrecht }}{{s-bef | before = Brig Jock B. Kriegler }}{{s-ttl | title = OC Western Transvaal Command| | years = 1950{{snd}}1953 }}{{s-aft | after = Col GN Nauhaus }}{{s-bef | before = Lt Col Frank Harpur }}{{s-ttl | title = OC 4 Field Regiment| | years = 1945{{snd}}1947}}{{s-aft | after = Lt Col GP Jacobs }}{{s-end}}{{SA Army Chiefs}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bierman, Nick}}{{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub}}2. ^1 http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/3916.html 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal|last1=Nöthling|first1=C.J.|last2=Meyers|first2=E.M.|title=LEIERS DEUR DIE JARE (1912-1982)|journal=Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies|date=1982|volume=12|issue=2|doi=10.5787/12-2-631|url=http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/631|issn=2224-0020|language=Afrikaans|format=Online|accessdate=2 January 2015|pages=89–98}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37039 |date=April 1945 |page=2067 |supp=y}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38459 |date=November 1948 |page=6060 |supp=y |nolink=yes}} 9 : 1910 births|1977 deaths|South African people of British descent|White South African people|South Africa international rugby union players|People from Potchefstroom|South African military personnel of World War II|Chiefs of the South African Army|South African Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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