serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance honorific_suffix birth_date rank image article_title name
1960 1989 south africa 1981 chief of the south african navy 18 july 2005 cape town , south africa cape town , south africa south africa 1981 on zar ssag sd soe sm mmm sanr 17 november 1931 vice admiral glen_syndercombe . jpg glen syndercombe
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glen syndercombe

vice admiral glen syndercombe -lrb- 17 november 1931 -- 18 july 2005 -rrb- was a former chief of the south african navy .
born in cape town , syndercomb attended school in sea point .
his nautical career began in january 1948 with a two year cadetship at the sa nautical college general botha .
