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3 SA Infantry Battalion moved to Potchefstroom on 5 December 1968 with Commandant B.A. Ferreira as the new Commanding Officer. 3 SAI was given operational status, an additional responsibility. Two infantry Battalions were organised under the command of one Commanding Officer. During 1970, 3 SA Infantry Battalion was transformed into a force-in ...
After their deployment in Egypt, the 3rd Regiment was deployed to France where it helped capture the village of Longueval and was deployed in the adjacent Delville Wood on 15 July 1916. The regiment then served with the Brigade at Arras during April 1917 and was part of the offensive at Ypres and Passchendale in September 1917.
The 3rd Infantry Division as a whole did not go into combat, but its 7th Motorized brigade group participated in the 1942 Invasion of Madagascar. The division organised and trained the South African home defence forces, performed garrison duties and trained and supplied replacements for the 1st and 2nd Divisions deployed to East Africa and ...
Light Infantry – 1 battalion; Parachute Infantry – 1 battalion; Air Assault Infantry – 1 battalion; Seaborne Infantry – 1 battalion; Basic Training – 1 battalion; The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School. The infantry corps contains a total of 26 reserve battalions in the following roles: Mechanised Infantry ...
A. Permanent Force [2] Cape Detachment, The Special Service Battalion: Cape Town No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery: Bamboevlei, Wynberg [e] The Coast Artillery Brigade: HQ, The Castle, Cape Town. 2 Sections of Cape Garrison Artillery designated as Engineers and Signals: Cape Town; 1st Heavy Battery: Cape Town [b] (Wynard Battery): Table Bay
The 3rd South African Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World War II. The Brigade formed part of the South African 1st Infantry Division and was formed on 13 August 1940. It served in the Western Desert and was disbanded on 1 January 1943.
0–9. 1 Locating Regiment; 1 Medical Battalion Group; 1 Parachute Battalion; 1 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 1 South African Infantry Battalion; 1 SWA Specialist Unit; 2 Locating Regiment; 2 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 2 South African Infantry Battalion; 3 Parachute Battalion; 3 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa)
0–9. 1 South African Infantry Battalion; 1st SA Infantry Regiment; 2 South African Infantry Battalion; 2nd South African Infantry Regiment; 3rd South African Infantry Regiment