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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.
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 ...
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.
The organisation of South African motorised, mechanised, air assault and parachute infantry battalions are broadly similar, the mechanised battalion however lacks a machine gun platoon in the support company and the internal security battalion lacks the same as well as other support weapons (mortars, antitank weapons and assault pioneers).
The SA Defence Act Amendment Act, No. 22 of 1922 re-organised the Permanent Force. From 1 February 1923 the Permanent Force consisted of: the SA Staff Corps, SA Instructional Corps, SA Naval Service, SA Field Artillery, 1st Regiment, SAMR; SA Permanent Garrison Artillery, South African Engineer Corps, South African Air Force, SA Service Corps,
2 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 2 South African Infantry Battalion; 3 Parachute Battalion; 3 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 3 South African Infantry Battalion; 3rd Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron; 4 Artillery Regiment (South Africa) 4 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 4 South African Infantry Battalion; 5 Forward ...
South Africa: A Country Study. U.S. Department of the Army Pamphlet. Vol. 550– 93. (also possibly is a 1971 edition) Siegfried, Stander (1985). Like the Wind, The Story of the SA Army. Cape Town: Saayman & Weber. Volker, W. Victor (2010). Army signals in South Africa: the story of the South African Corps of Signals and its antecedents ...
[1] The name of the unit was changed from 7 to 3 Reconnaissance Commando to avoid confusion with 7 South African Infantry Battalion (7 SAI) which was also located in Phalaborwa. [1] The Truth and Reconciliation Commission does not seem to have picked up on this distinction, getting the two units confused. [2]