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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 ...
During the East African campaign (World War I), there was strong South African participation and leadership. SA Field Artillery, the 1st and 2nd SA Mounted Brigades, the 2nd and 3rd SA Infantry Brigades, and the Cape Corps fought in British operations against German forces in German East Africa (now Tanzania) from January 1916 until the war in Africa ended on 25 November 1918.
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.
3rd South African Division (Raised 23 October 1940 at Pretoria) 6th Light Field Brigade, SAA; 8th, 9th, 10th Field Companies, SAEC; 17th Divisional Field Park Company, SAEC; 7th South African Infantry Brigade (Raised 11 July 1940 at Premier Mine) 1st Pretoria Regiment; 1st Witwatersrand Rifles; Regiment De la Rey
44 Parachute Brigade (South Africa) 44 Pathfinder Platoon; 61 Mechanised Battalion Group; 63 Mechanised Battalion Group; 71 Motorised Brigade (South Africa) 72 Motorised Brigade (South Africa) 73 Motorised Brigade (South Africa) 81 Armoured Brigade (South Africa) 82 Mechanised Brigade (South Africa) 84 Motorised Brigade (South Africa) 101 ...
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 ...
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 ...