serviceyears servicenumber branch commands relations death_date death_place birth_place honorific_suffix birth_date rank image article_title name
1945-1976 01222819pe south africa 1952 chief the south african navy of the south african defence force chief of peggy cruwys -lrb- wife -rrb- 27 march 2012 cape town , south africa johannesburg on zar ssa52 sd obe gcih 06 august 1916 admiral admiral hugo biermann.jpg hugo biermann
 hugo hendrik biermann
hugo biermann

admiral hugo hendrik biermann -lrb- 6 august 1916 -- 27 march 2012 -rrb- was a former chief of the south african navy who later served as chief of the south african defence force , the only naval officer to have served in this post .
