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The name of the barracks is based on the battle honour won by the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) when it was besieged by Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. The regiment was able to hold the town for four months and one day until the siege was lifted. The regiment was posthumously awarded the battle honour 'Defence of Kimberley'. [2]
The Grahamstown army base houses the 6 South African Infantry Battalion (Air Assault) and the First City Regiment (Air Assault). Gqeberha is home to Prince Alfred's Guard (Air Assault). The Mthatha army base is home to the 14 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry). Greenacres is home to the Regiment Piet Retief (Light Infantry).
Danie Theron Combat School was established near Kimberley around 1967, aimed at primary infantry training for the Commando system. The school was initially called the Commando Combat School, but by 1968 was renamed in honour of Danie Theron, a renowned Boer war soldier.
In January 1988 the Commanding Officer North-West Command announced that 3 SA Infantry Battalion was going to move yet again, this time to Kimberley. This move took place by convoy on 5 December 1988. It was to become a voluntary service unit with colonel J.M.R. van der Riet as Commanding Officer from 16 December 1988.
The first South African Air Defence Instructors were coastal gunners. The first formal training institution was the Anti-Aircraft Training and Reserve Depot, situated on Robben Island, under the command of the Director Coastal Artillery, which was established in May 1941.
10 AA Regiment participated in the first live firing of Starstreak missiles on African soil. This firing took place at the Denel Overberg Test Range.. On 24 September 2020, General Officer Commanding Interim Provincial Command KwaZulu-Natal, Brigadier General Siphiwo Dlomo, visited the incoming Bravo Company of 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Ndumo, where it was arriving to take part in South ...
SA Army Support Formation HQ [1] [2] Military Bases Depots Units Reserve Force Units ASB Bloemfontein DOD Mobilisation Centre Bloemfontein SA Army Technical Service Training 4 Maintenance Unit Joint Support Base Garrison DOD Main Ordnance Depot DOD Technical Service Unit 11 Maintenance Unit ASB Eastern Cape: DOD Main Ordnance Sub Depot
Civil airfield & SA Army 48 Air School Woodbrook, East London: Tiger Moth, Tutor: Elementary navigation 14 July 1942 1 Sep 1942 1 May 1945 "Sic itur ad astra" and "Bobaas" "B.O.N." Now industrial area and Army base 61 Air School George: Anson General Reconnaissance 11 Nov 1940 (ex 1 S of GR) 30 Apr 1941 14 Jun 1945 "Duff Gen"