2nd Infantry Division (South Africa) - Order of Battle - Order of Battle: The Fall of Tobruk

Order of Battle: The Fall of Tobruk

Order of Battle as at 20 June 1942

  • Division Troops
    • Die Middelandse Regiment (Machine-gun battalion)
    • 7th South African Reconnaissance Battalion
    • 2nd Field Regiment, Natal Field Artillery, South African Artillery
    • 3rd Field Regiment, Transvaal Horse Artillery, South African Artillery
    • 6th Anti-Tank Battery, South African Artillery
    • 2nd Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, South African Artillery
    • 4th & 10th South African Field Companies, S A Engineers
  • 4th South African Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Royal Durban Light Infantry
    • Umvoti Mounted Rifles
    • The Kaffrarian Rifles
    • Blake Group (a composite battalion ex 1 SA Div)
  • 6th South African Infantry Brigade
    • 1st S.A. Police Battalion
    • 2nd S.A. Police Battalion
    • 2nd Transvaal Scottish Regiment

Note: After the capture of the rest of the division, 3rd South African Infantry Brigade and the 1st Field Regiment of the Cape Field Artillery became part of the South African 1st Infantry Division.

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