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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