RPS Heads of Service

PRISON SERVICES OF RHODESIA

History, Uniforms, Medals & Insignia

Heads of Service

Please note that some dates below are not exact dates of service, they are dates found in references indicating a year or years in which the person was know to hold their respective rank

Rank:	Name:	In Service:
Director	Frank Leslie Patch, I.C.D., O.L.M., P.S.C.	Appointed Director in 1968 in Rhodesia Notice No. 844 of 1968 – still Director in 1980 (Was signing documents ‘For Director’ in 1967 so may have been acting as Dep. Dir. before that position officially came into use).
Director	Hendrik Stephanus Bezuidenhout, I.C.D.	Appointed Director with effect from 29 August 1965 in Rhodesia Notice No, 1284 of 1965 and again from 1st March 1966 in Rhodesia Notice No. 480 of 1966. Served till pre 1971 (Was noted as a Former Member when awarded his Long Service Medal 19.11.1971.
Director	David Philips	Appointed Director with effect from 1st December 1963 in Southern Rhodesia Notice No. 238 of 1964.
Director	David Cameron	Director of Federal Prison Service 1954-1963, was still serving in 1965.

Deputy Director	Alexander McGregor Hall	Was Deputy Director when awarded his Long Service Medal 21.03.1980.
Deputy Director	Edward (Ted) Bottomley, P.M.S.	Appointed Deputy Director with effect from 11th December 1972 in Rhodesia Notice No. 1821 of 1972. Believed to have still been Deputy Director in 1975.
Deputy Director	Jacubus Carel C. (Chris) Reyneke, P.S.C.	Appointed Deputy Director with effect from 1st March 1970 in Rhodesia Notice No. 610 of 1970.
Deputy Director	David Philips	Was in service 1960 - 1962, Appointed Acting Director with effect from 1st April 1963 during the absence on leave of David Charles Cameron in Federal Notice No. 301 of 1963.

Assistant Director	Harry Sheridan Duncan	Appointed Assistant Director with effect from 1st March 1973 in Rhodesia Notice No. 350 of 1973.
Assistant Director	Edward (Ted) Bottomley, P.M.S.	Appointed Deputy Director with effect from 1st December 1971 in Rhodesia Notice No. 1862 of 1970.
No Assistant Director in early 1960s

Chaplain-General	Bill Clarke (CofE)	Noted as Senior Chaplain in Rhodesia Notice No. 844 of 1968, still serving in 1971.
Area Chaplain	Henry Joseph Swift, P.M.S., M.B.E.	Noted as Chaplain Grade I, in Rhodesia Notice No. 844 of 1968, still serving in 1971.
Chaplain (Bulawayo)	826 H. Squair
	Rudolph Jacobus van Niekerk	Noted as Chaplain Grade I with effect from 1st March 1970 in Rhodesia Notice No. 609 of 1970.
	Terence John Spong	Noted as Chaplain Grade I with effect from 1st November 1970 in Rhodesia Notice No. 1757 of 1970.
	Father Nyahwa (CofE)	1971.
	Father Ribeiro (CofE)