serviceyears branch death_date birth_place allegiance honorific_suffix battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1933 1965 south african army 22 june 1988 porterville south africa 1928 zar ssa52 dso world war ii 16 september 1908 general pieter grobbelaar.jpg pieter grobbelaar
 pieter hendrik grobbelaar
pieter grobbelaar

general pieter grobbelaar -lrb- 16 september 190822 june 1988 -rrb- was a south african military commander .
he joined the south african army as a part-time citizen force soldier in 1929 and became a full-time permanent force member in 1933 .
