Alexander Alfred Hayton

Alexander Alfred Hayton
VD DSO
Allegiance  Republic of South Africa
Service/branch  South African Army
Rank Brigadier
Commands held 4th South African Brigade
Battles/wars Western Desert Campaign
Awards


Other work Chief Traffic Officer

Brigadier Alexander Alfred Hayton VD DSO[1] was a South African officer. During World War I he served as a lieutenant in the East African Campaign and in Egypt.[2] He was the commanding officer of the 4th South African Brigade in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa during World War II.[3] In civilian life he worked as Chief Traffic Officer in Johannesburg.[4][5]

Awards and Decorations

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37822. p. 6163. 17 December 1946.
  2. ↑ Difford, Ivor Denis (1920). The story of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps, 1915–1919. Cape Town: Hortors. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  3. ↑ Orpen, Neil D. (1971). War in the desert. South African Forces World War II. 3. Purnell.
  4. ↑ Hayton, A.A. (1938). "The Roads Accident Viewpoint of Disease and Accident Prevention on the Witwatersrand". The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 59 (2): 172–179. doi:10.1177/146642403805900209.
  5. ↑ "Correspondence" (pdf). S.A. Medical Journal. 27 (Jul–Dec): 1192. 1953.

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