Son of Coenraad Hendrik Sadie and Beatrice Henrietta, (nee van der Westhuizen); husband of M. K. J. Sadie, of Johannesburg; born Saldanha Bay, 8 September 1914; ed. Forest High School, Johannesburg; Cadet Draft 1930-1. After leaving General Botha, joined the Union-Castle Steamship Co. and five years at sea took up a position on land.