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2nd South African Infantry Brigade

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd South African Infantry Brigade
dates	13 Aug 19401 Jan 1943
country	South Africa
allegiance	Union of South Africa
branch	South African Army
type	Infantry
size	Brigade
disbanded	1 January 1943
commander1	Brig. W.H.E. Poole
commander1_label	Commander October 1942

The 2nd 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 1st South African Infantry Division and was formed on 13 August 1940. It served in East Africa and the Western Desert and was disbanded on 1 January 1943.

In September 1939 Niehorster lists the brigade as being part of Eastern Province Command.

In the East African Campaign, the Brigade was led by Brigadier F.L.A. Buchanan and consisted of:

1st Natal Mounted Rifles
1st Field Force Battalion
2nd Field Force Battalion
No. 2 S.A. Armoured Car Company
12th Field Company, SA Corps of Engineers
12th Field Ambulance, SA Medical Corps
No. 2 Mobile General Workshops, SA Technical Services Corps
3 Brigade Signals Company, SA Corps of Signals

During the Western Desert Campaign (at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein), the Officer Commanding was Brig. W.H.E. Poole and the brigade comprised the following units:

1st Cape Town Highlanders SA Infantry Corps
1st Natal Mounted Rifles SA Infantry Corps
1st Field Force Battalion SA Infantry Corps
2nd Field Force Battalion SA Infantry Corps
B Company (Machine Gun), Die Middelandse Regiment SA Infantry Corps
4th Company (Machine Gun), Regiment President Steyn SA Infantry Corps
1st and 2nd Anti-Tank Batteries SA Artillery Corps
3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (less two Troops) SA Artillery Corps
1st, 3rd and 14th Field Batteries of 1st Field Regt SA Artillery Corps

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Bibliography

References

(6 September 1939). "Eastern Province Command, Union Defence Forces, South Africa, 06.09.1939".
(1968). "East Africa and the Abyssinian Campaigns". Purnell.
(1971). "War in the Desert". Purnell.

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